Update - August 2015

Thank you to everybody who has donated.  Our badger vaccination programme is operational and we have completed three rounds of annual vaccinations so far.  We still need your support so please continue donating!

HELP SAVE OUR BADGERS

Later this year Staffordshire Wildlife Trust will begin a badger vaccination scheme across a number of nature reserves. 

The Trust believes that vaccination of badgers against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is currently the most effective way of reducing the risk of badger to cattle transmission of the disease. 

It will cost £25,000 to run the vaccination programme for the next five years. We need your help to fund this important work - to pay for essential veterinary supplies, equipment and staff training.

Please give as much as you can afford.

£10 - buys enough peanuts to bait one trap for two weeks

£20 - buys a dose of the vaccine and a syringe

£50 - buys personal protective equipment to keep a vaccinator working effectively and safely

£100 - buys one badger cage trap

£350 buys an annual FERA certificate of competence for one vaccinator - a legal requirement for the work

£750 - buys professional training for a staff member to safely handle and capture badgers and deliver the programme

Thank you for your contribution to this appeal.