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Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be controlled in 2023

Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2023.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 September 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Setting the minimum and maximum numbers in badger cull areas in 2023: advice to Natural England

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Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas during 2023.

The advice covers the 58 existing areas for 2023. It includes a description of the methods used by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas.

Published 7 September 2023