Bovine TB: authorisation for badger control in 2017
Licence and authorisation for badger control in Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somerset, Cheshire, Dorset, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
- From:
- Natural England
- Published
- 11 September 2017
Applies to England
Documents
Area 3 - Dorset authorisation letter
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Area 4 - Cornwall authorisation letter
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Area 5 - Cornwall authorisation letter
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Area 6 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 7 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 8 - Dorset authorisation letter
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Area 8 - Dorset licence for badger control
PDF, 266 KB, 10 pages
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Area 9 - Gloucestershire authorisation letter
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Area 10 - Herefordshire authorisation letter
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Area 11 - Cheshire authorisation letter
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Area 11 - Cheshire licence for badger control
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Area 12 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 12 - Devon licence for badger control
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Area 13 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 13 - Devon licence for badger control
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Area 14 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 14 - Devon licence for badger control
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Area 15 - Devon authorisation letter
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Area 15 - Devon licence for badger control
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Area 16 - Dorset authorisation letter
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Area 16 - Dorset licence for badger control
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Area 17 - Somerset authorisation letter
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Area 17 - Somerset licence for badger control
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Area 18 - Somerset authorisation letter
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Area 18 - Somerset licence for badger control
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Area 19 - Wiltshire authorisation letter
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Area 19 - Wiltshire licence for badger control
PDF, 272 KB, 13 pages
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Area 20 - Wiltshire authorisation letter
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Area 20 - Wiltshire licence for badger control
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Area 21 - Wiltshire authorisation letter
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Area 21 - Wiltshire licence for badger control
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Details
Natural England has confirmed that all criteria have been met to allow 11 new badger control licences to be issued to companies. Eight companies met criteria to allow the continuation of their cull in 2017, in the following counties: Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somerset, Cheshire, Dorset, and Herefordshire Gloucestershire.
Operations in these areas will be carried out under 4-year licences which allow culling to take place every year between 1 June and 31 January (inclusive).
Start dates for culling activity within this period will be decided by the licensed companies.
Natural England has confirmed to licensees the permitted maximum and minimum numbers of badgers that will be subject to control operations.
Defra’s guidance to Natural England, dated July 2017, specifies the criteria Natural England must take account of in developing and issuing licences.
Licences only permit badger control to take place outside of the close seasons:
- controlled shooting – 1 February to 31 May
- cage-trapping and shooting – 1 December to 31 May
- cage-trapping and vaccination – 1 December to 30 April