Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 15097
Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control
Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 6 July 2026
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on how many badgers were killed from (a) badger baiting and (b) badger culling in the South West as a proportion of the total number of badgers ki
Answer
Stephen MorganDefra does not hold official figures at national or regional level on the deaths of badgers resulting from badger baiting. The number of badgers culled annually under licence for bovine TB disease control purposes is available at the following link. Numbe...
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