The Government bTB policy on badger culling is as follows: Four years of a SIX WEEK badger cull with letters of authorisation issued every year.
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A shocking 64,400 badgers could be killed this year
On 11 September 2019, Defra published the Letters of Authorisation for 11 new areas and, at the same time, released the minimum and maximum target
Government kills 66,985 badgers in disastrous culls
On 18 December, the Government announced the results of 2018’s badger cull. Sadly, the 2018 total is 32,601 and set to rise with supplementary culling
Police operations for 2018 badger cull now ceased in all zones
On Friday 26 October, police operations for the 2018 badger cull finally ceased in all zones, although a few had finished earlier. We now wait
Badger cull is largest attack on a native species in living memory
On Thursday 13 September, the Government released the numbers of badgers that cull operatives will kill in England during 2018, together with the Licences and
Badger cull announcement due: 31 killing zones expected
It is expected that the Government, or the NFU, will announce the licensing of the badger culls very soon. We expect that there will be
