The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA’s) National Wildlife Management Centre at Woodchester Park in Gloucestershire is marking 50 years of wildlife science protecting animals, humans, and the environment.

The centre brings together scientists, vets, ecologists and pathologists working at the intersection of wildlife health, farm animal health, human health and environmental protection.

The work carried out over the last half century has spanned some of the most pressing challenges facing nature and agriculture. This includes developing badger vaccination programmes to protect wildlife and livestock from bovine TB, monitoring emerging diseases in wildlife before they can impact farming or public health, tracking environmental threats from pollutants and toxins, and tackling invasive non-native species.