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Total Badger Numbers Slaughtered 2013 - 2020

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Below is a list of the number of badgers who have died during the current cull policy. It shows the methods of slaughter and the year of slaughter.   In this policy 140,976 badgers were culled by the end of 2020 .  From 2021 even more badgers will be destroyed, leaving badger populations decimated and bovine TB still as prevalent in the herd as it was prior to the culls starting in 2013.

 

Area

Defra Targets

Method of Slaughter

Total Number

 

County

Minimum Target

Maximum Target

Controlled shooting

Cage-trapping

Badgers slaughtered

Area totals

Year

Gloucestershire (west)

Area 1

125540801999 2019
12554016829197 2018
16058014329172 2017
22864218666252 2016
265679279153432 2015
6151091166108274 2014
 2350* (3400)543165921 2013
     2347 

Somerset

Area 2

109578741993 2019
10957810036136 2018
140610533891 2017
7554414671217 2016
55524148131279 2015
316785147194341 2014
 1450* (2400)360490940 2013
     2097 

Dorset

Area 3

1633839431125 2019
10932927748325 2018
18440418968257 2017
390610386116502 2016
615835316440756 2015
     1965 
Cornwall
Area 4		01428654140 2019
18425010584189 2018
4329211895213 2017
588798204506711 2016
     1253 

Cornwall

Area 5

0276711384 2019
264358159119278 2018
93403254104358 2017
730991306545851 2016
     1571 

Devon

Area 6

2081087194114308 2019
611829332310642 2018
7191598379348727 2017
1502203860214362038 2016
     3715 

Devon

Area 7

029011037147 2019
16422313538173 2018
11542518264246 2017
717973324509833 2016
     1399 

Devon

Area 8

377158649370563 2019
92112508941941088 2018
75419649372291166 2017
25713489185111493000 2016
     5817 

Gloucestershire

Area 9

282118152253575 2019
8261121682198880 2018
100719068331791012 2017
1844250311756831858 2016
     4325 

Herefordshire

Area 10

943621903193 2019
26235626623289 2018
21848733262394 2017
568770486138624 2016
     1500 

Cheshire

Area 11

20527818739226 2019
42657840567472 2018
647878411325736 2017
     1434 

Devon

Area 12

503683348173521 2019
111515135855501135 2018
1702230973811361874 2017
     3530 

Devon

Area 13

29640281228309 2019
7741050271538809 2018
106014394068311237 2017
     2355 

Devon

Area 14

27937823685321 2019
408553249195444 2018
604820335373708 2017
     1473 

Devon

Area 15

213289101102203 2019
464630201294495 2018
689935226537763 2017
     1461 

Dorset

Area 16

1230166810202081228 2019
2446331923265982924 2018
29504004235210983450 2017
     7602 

Somerset

Area 17

42757938461445 2019
7751051705216921 2018
87211846075161123 2017
     2489 

Somerset

Area 18

17023015536191 2019
494671406138544 2018
391531232257489 2017
     1224 

Wiltshire

Area 19

597811530115645 2019
1397189611743011475 2018
1888256117155372252 2017
     4372 

Wiltshire

Area 20

559758430153583 2019
8011087535284819 2018
86311725744661040 2017
     2442 

Wiltshire

Area 21

417566334109443 2019
97713258342491083 2018
101313758184111229 2017
     2755 
Cornwall
Area 22		97713256434491092 2019
30634157131220153327 2018
     4419 

Devon

Area 23

1946264212719672238 2018
114015467444141158 2019
     3396 

Devon

Area 24

253343140138278 2019
719976271472743 2018
     1021 

Devon

Area 25

261354167138305 2019
717973268528796 2018
     1101 

Devon

Area 26

370501328106434 2019
7591029485382867 2018
     1301 

Devon

Area 27

98133504696 2019
25134198167265 2018
     361 

Devon

Area 28

1502046988157 2019
431584209261470 2018
     627 

Gloucestershire

Area 29

7561026591263854 2019
131617878486111459 2018
     2313 

Somerset

Area 30

1262171212631721435 2019
2433330122006702870 2018
     4305 

Staffordshire

Area 31

1425193413752851660 2019
33674569292910503979 2018
     5639 

Cumbria

Area 32

N/AN/A116201317 2019
N/AN/A205397602 2018
     919 

Avon

Area 33

96213066764081084 2019
     1084 

Cheshire

Area 34

1247169211103301440 2019
     1440 

Cornwall

Area 35

26423585144815523000 2019
     3000 

Staffordshire

Area 36

83911398382011039 2019
     1039 

Devon

Area 37

150420408867501636 2019
     1636 

Devon

Area 38

1706231512797892068 2019
     2068 

Dorset

Area 39

735997440304744 2019
     744 

Herefordshire

Area 40

1937262816075242131 2019
     2131 

Staffordshire

Area 41

142019289836281611 2019
     1611 
Wiltshire
Area 42		3144426629426263568 2019
     3568 
Wiltshire
Area 43		1434194712302551485 2019
     1485 
     102334102334 
AreaControlled shooting: shots takenControlled shooting: badgers removedControlled shooting: total shooter nightsCage-trapping: badgers removedCage-trapping: trap nightsTotal number of badgers removedTotal duration (days)
Area 11 – Cheshire25424338026244826947
Area 12 – Devon201201438111950931246
Area 13 – Devon105105209153947925842
Area 14 – Devon17517527938213221342
Area 15 – Devon15013723062307019952
Area 16 – Dorset7347178621101156682742
Area 17 – Somerset30329929842140834149
Area 18 – Somerset16611724920143813756
Area 19 – Wiltshire43042052277776749749
Area 20 – Wiltshire267249519152628040142
Area 21 – Wiltshire37935540595320445042
Area 22 – Cornwall58856910672801546284942
Area 23 – Devon7527306552061082193656
Area 24 – Devon10398401105806320349
Area 25 – Devon818020378806415849
Area 26 – Devon25324523879347132442
Area 27 – Devon34341063441336842
Area 28 – Devon575714175496513249
Area 29 – Gloucestershire587564535167906573148
Area 30 – Somerset984938838828683102063
Area 31 – Staffordshire13941340157422017247156056
Area 32 – Cumbria737312961330313458
Area 33 – Avon585576437139509371542
Area 34 – Cheshire1209115490526614504142052
Area 35 – Cornwall10741031111774228494177356
Area 36 – Staffordshire49445748468279452542
Area 37 – Devon5425295922031043673249
Area 38 – Devon1104106582129512512136057
Area 39 – Dorset286258454137984439549
Area 40 – Herefordshire95892114372249918114556
Area 41 – Staffordshire562541505165919170642
Area 42 – Wiltshire16111569118221510893178442
Area 43 – Wiltshire722661637116392377742
Area 44 – Avon19271861107617512963203663
Area 45 – Derbyshire24462296118062019444291642
Area 46 – Gloucestershire44242557523290244852
Area 47 – Herefordshire13281239108153812674177756
Area 48 – Leicestershire539496606218948471442
Area 49 – Oxfordshire68063977340112838104042
Area 50 – Shropshire266325492021103146741358049
Area 51 – Somerset20331923120847314069239651
Area 52 – Warwickshire1494144310082859790172850
Area 53 – Wiltshire423395400122472451749
Area 54 – Lincolnshire11111015629269813942

Data taken from Defra 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2020/annex-a2-data-from-the-2020-badger-control-operations

 

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