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Govt: Glos badger cull 'a success'

The Government says the Gloucestershire badger cull extension was successful, despite the cull ending early because not enough badgers were being killed.

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Statement on why Natural England is ending badger cull

Natural England has released a statement giving its reasons why it has chosen to end the extended pilot badger cull in West Gloucestershire early.

This decision has been taken based on the decreasing number of badgers seen by contractors over recent weeks which makes achieving a further significant reduction in the coming weeks unlikely. The end of the cage-trapping season tomorrow was agreed by the cull company and Natural England as a sensible point to stop activity.

Defra will update Parliament on Monday with the final number of badgers removed during the extension period.

The eight-week licence extension was granted by Natural England on 23 October.

– Natural England
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