Policy paper
Annex A2: data from the 2023 badger control operations
Updated 1 May 2024
Applies to England
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| Area | Controlled shooting: shots taken | Controlled shooting: badgers removed | Controlled shooting: total shooter nights | Cage-trapping: badgers removed | Cage-trapping: trap nights | Total number of badgers removed | Total duration (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area 44 â€� Avon | 297 | 288 | 821 | 2 | 546 | 290 | Ìý42 |
| Area 45 â€� Derbyshire | 834 | 804 | 794 | 29 | 3261 | 833 | Ìý53 |
| Area 46 â€� Gloucestershire | 130 | 126 | 382 | 4 | 2165 | 130 | Ìý60 |
| Area 47 â€� Herefordshire | 484 | 473 | 641 | 48 | 5739 | 521 | Ìý60 |
| Area 48 â€� Leicestershire | 220 | 206 | 414 | 7 | 769 | 213 | Ìý42 |
| Area 49 â€� Oxfordshire | 260 | 243 | 465 | 34 | 3536 | 277 | Ìý42 |
| Area 50 â€� Shropshire | 1142 | 1100 | 1173 | 132 | 19960 | 1232 | Ìý56 |
| Area 51 â€� Somerset | 725 | 685 | 615 | 43 | 5073 | 728 | Ìý57 |
| Area 52 â€� Warwickshire | 624 | 617 | 550 | 26 | 6571 | 643 | Ìý57 |
| Area 53 â€� Wiltshire | 86 | 84 | 207 | 21 | 2909 | 105 | Ìý42 |
| Area 54 â€� Lincolnshire | 106 | 88 | 229 | 1 | 40 | 89 | Ìý42 |
| Area 55 â€� Shropshire | 84 | 82 | 185 | 4 | 1491 | 86 | Ìý57 |
| Area 56 � Hampshire | 149 | 139 | 413 | 17 | 2424 | 156 | 42 |
| Area 57 � Berkshire | 27 | 25 | 109 | 2 | 1678 | 27 | 42 |
| Area 58 � Staffordshire | 220 | 207 | 341 | 7 | 431 | 214 | 49 |
| Area 59 � Worcestershire | 193 | 187 | 240 | 4 | 324 | 191 | 60 |
| Area 60 � Shropshire | 618 | 602 | 823 | 50 | 6114 | 652 | 56 |
| Area 61 � Oxfordshire | 295 | 274 | 365 | 37 | 3058 | 311 | 42 |
| Area 62 � Buckinghamshire | 666 | 628 | 545 | 77 | 3726 | 705 | 50 |
| Area 63 � Cornwall | 340 | 330 | 117 | 53 | 2655 | 383 | 42 |
| Area 64 � Cornwall | 152 | 140 | 135 | 42 | 2534 | 182 | 60 |
| Area 65 � Derbyshire | 739 | 712 | 490 | 49 | 1463 | 761 | 56 |
| Area 66 � Devon | 72 | 72 | 188 | 21 | 3175 | 93 | 49 |
| Area 67 � Hampshire | 215 | 184 | 270 | 26 | 1355 | 210 | 57 |
| Area 68 � Northamptonshire | 810 | 748 | 562 | 80 | 6886 | 828 | 53 |
| Area 69 � Oxfordshire | 280 | 263 | 260 | 8 | 3327 | 271 | 53 |
| Area 70 � Somerset | 64 | 61 | 139 | 15 | 667 | 76 | 63 |
| Area 71 � Warwickshire | 367 | 348 | 321 | 16 | 942 | 364 | 49 |
| Area 72 � Warwickshire | 800 | 743 | 654 | 36 | 5113 | 779 | 58 |