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(asked on 10th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is intended to test the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of freeshooting as a culling method.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 13th October 2014

Defra’s approach to the monitoring of humaneness and effectiveness in the second year of culling is set out here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347534/badger-cull-monitoring-2014.pdf

Safety requirements for Contractors carrying out controlled shooting are set out in the Best Practice Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347541/badger-cull-controlled-shooting-guidance-2014.pdf and Natural England are carrying out compliance monitoring.


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