Guidance

Monitoring the humaneness and effectiveness of badger culling in 2014

Details of how the humaneness and effectiveness of badger culling, to prevent the spread of bovine TB in cattle, will be monitored in 2014.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Natural England, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 26 August 2014
• Last updated: 1 October 2014 — See all updates

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Monitoring the humaneness and effectiveness of badger culling in 2014

Ref: PB14207

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This document sets out how the effectiveness and humaneness of this year’s badger culls in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire will be monitored.

The monitoring procedures have been developed by Defra working with Natural England and the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). They will be set out in both organisations’ standard operating procedures, to ensure that reporting is consistent and reliable.

Published 26 August 2014
Last updated 1 October 2014 + show all updates

1. 1 October 2014

   AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

2. 26 August 2014

   First published.