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Badgers

Volume 957: debated on Tuesday 7 November 1978

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many badger sets have been gassed in each of the counties of the South-West region.

The information is as follows:

Avon547
Cornwall857
Devon475
Dorset264
Gloucestershire1,198
Wiltshire209
These figures relate to the period from the commencement of gassing in 1975 to 25th October 1978.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many badgers have been killed in the South-West region and in Gloucestershire in the campaign against bovine tuberculosis.

I regret that it is not possible to estimate these figures with any accuracy.