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English badger population numbers

English badger population size and bovine TB (bTB) incidence.

Applies to England

Documents

Response to EIRs request for information about the size of the English badger population.

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Badgers - EIRs current population estimates for badgers in England; degree of confidence with which those estimates have been calculated; number of badgers known to be infected with bTB in 2014; and evidence that proves a causal link between culling policy and any reduction in bTB in cattle.

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Published 17 June 2014

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