Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59701

Gun Sports: Hares

Tabled: 13 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

ConservativeNorth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of brown hares shot in England between February and October each year.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra holds no official statistics on the number of brown hares shot in England between February and October each year. We are however aware of a number of estimates made by stakeholder groups which range markedly from the low tens of thousands to the low...

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