Policy paper
Annex A2: data from the 2022 badger control operations
Published 5 April 2023
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 33 鈥� Avon | 308 | 301 | 297 | 44 | 8330 | 345 | 43 |
| Area 34 鈥� Cheshire | 784 | 764 | 781 | 82 | 8235 | 846 | 62 |
| Area 35 鈥� Cornwall | 586 | 552 | 792 | 197 | 23419 | 749 | 57 |
| Area 36 鈥� Staffordshire | 269 | 256 | 321 | 14 | 764 | 270 | 49 |
| Area 37 鈥� Devon | 292 | 276 | 446 | 57 | 6925 | 333 | 50 |
| Area 38 鈥� Devon | 418 | 407 | 441 | 76 | 12204 | 483 | 57 |
| Area 39 鈥� Dorset | 269 | 213 | 402 | 36 | 5015 | 249 | 57 |
| Area 40 鈥� Herefordshire | 646 | 630 | 1320 | 118 | 8977 | 748 | 63 |
| Area 41 鈥� Staffordshire | 382 | 372 | 532 | 19 | 3687 | 391 | 56 |
| Area 42 鈥� Wiltshire | 1474 | 1423 | 1131 | 118 | 6039 | 1541 | 48 |
| Area 43 鈥� Wiltshire | 549 | 512 | 613 | 37 | 2857 | 549 | 43 |
| Area 44 鈥� Avon | 1202 | 1162 | 936 | 14 | 2695 | 1176 | 63 |
| Area 45 鈥� Derbyshire | 938 | 896 | 906 | 79 | 3627 | 975 | 49 |
| Area 46 鈥� Gloucestershire | 249 | 231 | 500 | 13 | 3041 | 244 | 60 |
| Area 47 鈥� Herefordshire | 825 | 781 | 689 | 92 | 5906 | 873 | 60 |
| Area 48 鈥� Leicestershire | 223 | 214 | 456 | 27 | 876 | 241 | 43 |
| Area 49 鈥� Oxfordshire | 469 | 437 | 560 | 65 | 4197 | 502 | 43 |
| Area 50 鈥� Shropshire | 1785 | 1712 | 1457 | 228 | 19083 | 1940 | 57 |
| Area 51 鈥� Somerset | 1309 | 1232 | 768 | 103 | 5614 | 1335 | 54 |
| Area 52 鈥� Warwickshire | 1031 | 996 | 595 | 84 | 5295 | 1080 | 43 |
| Area 53 鈥� Wiltshire | 169 | 149 | 213 | 29 | 3305 | 178 | 43 |
| Area 54 鈥� Lincolnshire | 81 | 79 | 255 | 1 | 33 | 80 | 43 |
| Area 55 鈥� Shropshire | 115 | 110 | 239 | 11 | 1631 | 121 | 49 |
| Area 56 鈥� Hampshire | 235 | 220 | 467 | 33 | 3057 | 253 | 43 |
| Area 57 鈥� Berkshire | 60 | 55 | 109 | 22 | 1804 | 77 | 43 |
| Area 58 鈥� Staffordshire | 358 | 328 | 439 | 20 | 1317 | 348 | 50 |
| Area 59 鈥� Worcestershire | 293 | 271 | 263 | 7 | 473 | 278 | 60 |
| Area 60 鈥� Shropshire | 761 | 729 | 792 | 83 | 7307 | 812 | 50 |
| Area 61 鈥� Oxfordshire | 518 | 440 | 407 | 91 | 3443 | 531 | 43 |
| Area 62 鈥� Buckinghamshire | 775 | 688 | 483 | 155 | 5729 | 843 | 50 |
| Area 63 鈥� Cornwall | 299 | 287 | 122 | 94 | 2621 | 381 | 43 |
| Area 64 鈥� Cornwall | 293 | 276 | 136 | 85 | 2320 | 361 | 43 |
| Area 65 鈥� Derbyshire | 916 | 867 | 566 | 97 | 1963 | 964 | 49 |
| Area 66 鈥� Devon | 116 | 116 | 200 | 90 | 4786 | 206 | 50 |
| Area 67 鈥� Hampshire | 493 | 446 | 413 | 69 | 1472 | 515 | 46 |
| Area 68 鈥� Northamptonshire | 1638 | 1529 | 726 | 341 | 8655 | 1870 | 46 |
| Area 69 鈥� Oxfordshire | 321 | 302 | 260 | 36 | 4513 | 338 | 43 |
| Area 70 鈥� Somerset | 175 | 171 | 229 | 11 | 928 | 182 | 63 |
| Area 71 鈥� Warwickshire | 850 | 791 | 513 | 81 | 1944 | 872 | 50 |
| Area 72 鈥� Warwickshire | 1426 | 1329 | 782 | 244 | 10638 | 1573 | 50 |