Badgers

House of Lords written question – answered at on 22 October 2013.

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Photo of Lord Greaves Lord Greaves Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the independent assessment of the success of the badger cull pilots will include an assessment of the amount and consequences of any “perturbation effect” in the badger population resulting from the culls.

Photo of Lord de Mauley Lord de Mauley The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

An independent panel of experts has overseen the design of the monitoring protocols to assess the effectiveness, along with humaneness and safety, of controlled shooting during the pilots. Details of these monitoring protocols are available online at the link below and copies have also been placed in the library of the House.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/bovine-tb/badgers/badger-culling-pilots/

It is not the role of the panel to provide advice or to comment on the wider policy approach to tackling bovine TB in England, or on the case for badger culling as part of a comprehensive package of measures. The independent panel will not be making an assessment of any perturbation effect.

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