FOI release

Badger cull costs and culled badger numbers

Badger cull costs and culled badger numbers during the original 6 weeks and during the extended period of the pilot badger culls.

Applies to England

Documents

Response to EIRs request for information about badger cull costs and culled badger numbers.

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Details

Costs EIRs: cost of: cages; bait; gloves, masks and disinfectant; and ammunition used during the original 6 weeks of the pilot culls and during the extended period, as well as labour costs; who paid; information about Defra reimbursements. How many badgers were killed using cage trapping and shooting during the 6 week pilot cull and the extended period, and when the first badger was killed by each of those methods.

Published 6 May 2014
Last updated 9 September 2015 + show all updates
  1. Response amended.

  2. First published.