Policy paper

Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be controlled in 2021

Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas during 2021.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 September 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Setting the minimum and maximum numbers in badger cull areas in 2021: advice to Natural England

PDF, 229 KB, 16 pages

Details

Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas during 2021.

The advice covers the 33 existing areas and 7 new areas for 2021. It includes a description of the methods used by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas

Published 7 September 2021