Policy paper

Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be controlled in 2025

Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2025.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 11 December 2025

Applies to England

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Setting the minimum and maximum numbers in badger cull areas in 2025: 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 2025.

The advice covers the 20 existing areas for 2025. It includes a description of the methods used by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas.

Published 11 December 2025