Badgers are shy and nocturnal animals. It’s time to challenge false perceptions and end the cruelty towards this iconic mammal.
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Spotted hyenas provide ecosystem services that improve human welfare and contribute to sustainable development goals.
Boats and companies have been treated as legal persons in the past. Why not an alpaca?
The new railway might destroy some wildlife habitats but what if it helps tackle climate change?
Warthogs are an important species in managing bovine TB.
The unpopular badger cull has had only ‘modest’ success in reducing bovine TB, according to a recent report. What would an alternative approach that was effective and humane look like?
As much as animals may pass on viruses to humans, humans pass on viruses which are sometimes lethal to the animal world as well.
People living in close proximity to animals infected with Bovine TB are at a risk of contracting the disease through drinking their milk and eating their meat.
Bovine tuberculosis is a major problem in the UK: in 2013 around 8m cattle were tested and 32,000 slaughtered at a cost of an estimated £100m, including compensation – a huge economic burden that makes…
Despite scientists’ intensive efforts over many decades, bovine tuberculosis continues to be a problem in many parts of the world, not least in England, where it leads to the slaughter of thousands of…
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Professor, Director of Warwick Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick
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Research Chair in Animal Tuberculosis, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Chair of Veterinary Immunogenetics, University of Edinburgh
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Genetics, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Stellenbosch University
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PhD Candidate, Stanford University
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Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Zoonotic and Emerging Disease, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Management, University of York
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Professor of Animal Organization Studies, University of York
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Lecturer in Law, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan