Badgers: Animal Welfare and Disease Control
Commons · Question 15097 · Tabled 1 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on how many badgers were killed from (a) badger baiting and (b) badger culling in the South West as a proportion of the total number of badgers ki
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 6 Jul 2026
Defra does not hold official figures at national or regional level on the deaths of badgers resulting from badger baiting. The number of badgers culled annually under licence for bovine TB disease control purposes is available at the following link. Numbe...