Badgers
Commons · Question 25661 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the practice of badger baiting and associated illegal activities.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Feb 2025
The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 provide protection against certain methods of killing, injuring, or taking of badgers, or interference with their setts. Badger persecution is one of seven UK Wildlife Crime Prio...