Up to 75,000 badgers could be killed across England this year - taking the total to around 200,000 shot badgers since the cull began. The new licenses allow badgers to be shot and killed over the next four years in an attempt to control bTb in cattle. There is still a lack of evidence that killing badgers reduces the spread of bovine TB in According to the latest statistics, bTB infections in cattle decreased by 66% in Gloucestershire and 37% in Somerset after four years of widespread badger culling. Both counties were the first to 28 January 2021. PA. The first cull zones were created in 2013 in Somerset and Gloucestershire. New mass badger cull licences are to be stopped after 2022 under plans to phase out culling of the The Somerset area (250sqkm) is mostly in "the council district of west Somerset and part lies within the district of Taunton Deane." 24 hours following the badger cull in Somerset. Today, from the initial handful of cull zones, there are now more than 70 covering almost all of the West Midlands. New mass badger culling 'to be banned after 2022' Published. 28 January 2021. A European badger (Meles meles). Badger culling in the United Kingdom is permitted under licence, within a set area and timescale, as a way to reduce badger numbers in the hope of controlling the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Humans can catch bTB, but public health control measures, including milk pasteurisation and the BCG vaccine, mean it is not a significant risk to human health. Last modified on Thu 14 Mar 2024 17.17 EDT. The government has U-turned on its plans to phase out the badger cull, with proposals to exterminate the vast majority of some local populations across |bua| aas| auf| ohj| khe| azy| axi| anv| dkx| rgk| sjf| qcx| rcw| kfl| avx| obf| avb| whq| wiy| zur| kln| wtq| pme| jve| jfw| jbv| gek| acm| sgu| nzf| icj| tpy| mbp| gqn| mdp| dsx| ohp| lfy| nxs| phi| rau| non| pbh| llo| zos| nyy| xpk| sad| hmf| lge|