Policy paper

Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be controlled in 2020

Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas during 2020.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 September 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Setting the minimum and maximum numbers in badger cull areas in 2020: advice to Natural England

PDF, 281 KB, 17 pages

Details

Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas during 2020.

The advice covers the 33 existing areas and 11 new areas for 2020. It includes a description of the methods used by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas

Published 7 September 2020