The Wildlife Trusts are disappointed and saddened that the Government has issued new licenses to cull badgers in seven areas of England.
This means that badger culling is now licenced across a total of 61 areas in England, 40 areas carrying out intensive badger culling and 21 areas carrying out supplementary badger culling. Badger culling in Somerset continues and enters its ninth year where up to 7081 badgers could die this autumn.