Policy paper

Annex A2: data from the 2023 badger control operations

Updated 1 May 2024

Applies to England

Area	Controlled shooting: shots taken	Controlled shooting: badgers removed	Controlled shooting: total shooter nights	Cage-trapping: badgers removed	Cage-trapping: trap nights	Total number of badgers removed	Total duration (days)
Area 44 – Avon	297	288	821	2	546	290	42
Area 45 – Derbyshire	834	804	794	29	3261	833	53
Area 46 – Gloucestershire	130	126	382	4	2165	130	60
Area 47 – Herefordshire	484	473	641	48	5739	521	60
Area 48 – Leicestershire	220	206	414	7	769	213	42
Area 49 – Oxfordshire	260	243	465	34	3536	277	42
Area 50 – Shropshire	1142	1100	1173	132	19960	1232	56
Area 51 – Somerset	725	685	615	43	5073	728	57
Area 52 – Warwickshire	624	617	550	26	6571	643	57
Area 53 – Wiltshire	86	84	207	21	2909	105	42
Area 54 – Lincolnshire	106	88	229	1	40	89	42
Area 55 – Shropshire	84	82	185	4	1491	86	57
Area 56 – Hampshire	149	139	413	17	2424	156	42
Area 57 – Berkshire	27	25	109	2	1678	27	42
Area 58 – Staffordshire	220	207	341	7	431	214	49
Area 59 – Worcestershire	193	187	240	4	324	191	60
Area 60 – Shropshire	618	602	823	50	6114	652	56
Area 61 – Oxfordshire	295	274	365	37	3058	311	42
Area 62 – Buckinghamshire	666	628	545	77	3726	705	50
Area 63 – Cornwall	340	330	117	53	2655	383	42
Area 64 – Cornwall	152	140	135	42	2534	182	60
Area 65 – Derbyshire	739	712	490	49	1463	761	56
Area 66 – Devon	72	72	188	21	3175	93	49
Area 67 – Hampshire	215	184	270	26	1355	210	57
Area 68 – Northamptonshire	810	748	562	80	6886	828	53
Area 69 – Oxfordshire	280	263	260	8	3327	271	53
Area 70 – Somerset	64	61	139	15	667	76	63
Area 71 – Warwickshire	367	348	321	16	942	364	49
Area 72 – Warwickshire	800	743	654	36	5113	779	58