Hundreds of badgers are killed during badger baiting season each year with hundreds of people involved in the illegal activity, it has been claimed. The USPCA and the NI Badger Group believe the ...

The website was set up as part of an investigation into badger baiting across Ireland carried out by the USPCA and the Sunday Times newspaper. The blog is now closed. Badgers are protected in Northern ...

An animal welfare charity estimates that 2,000 badgers a year are being killed illegally in Northern Ireland every year by badger baiters.

People involved in badger baiting should be jailed, Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has said. Animal welfare workers and police carried out raids at the weekend in County Armagh over allegations of ...

"Bloodthirsty criminal gangs" are aware of virtually every local badger sett, an animal charity has warned. The USPCA and the Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG) have urged the public and ...

There are 150 people actively involved in animal baiting, including 14,000 cases of badger baiting in Northern Ireland each year, according to a BBC Spotli... Wednesday, 18 June 2025.

THE USPCA has called for MLAs to back a ban on hunting wild mammals with dogs as a new report highlights the "barbaric underworld" of practices including badger baiting in the north.

Badger-baiting, where dogs are pitted against the animal for “sport”, is illegal, and anyone with knowledge of the activity can contact the Garda Síochána.

Hundreds of badgers are killed during badger baiting season each year with hundreds of people involved in the illegal activity, it has been claimed. The USPCA and the NI Badger Group believe the ...

The USPCA and the NI Badger Group believe the practice is on the rise, in part, due to social media. It is estimated that there are about 34,000 badgers in Northern Ireland.

In Northern Ireland, there are about 34,000 badgers, but many are dying, a campaigner has said. ... Badger baiting: 'Hundreds' illegally killed every season. Image source, Getty Images.