§ Lord Rotherwickasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many badger carcasses have been collected by, or handed in to, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Wildlife Units in (a) Cornwall; (b) Devon; (c) Dorset; 152WA (d) Gloucestershire; (e) Herefordshire; (f)Worcestershire; and (g) Shropshire; and [HL3834]
How many of the badger carcasses that have been collected, by or handed in to, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Wildlife Units in (a) Cornwall; (b) Devon; (c) Dorset; (d) Gloucestershire; (e) Herefordshire; (f) Worcestershire; and (g) Shropshire have been tested for tuberculosis; and what were the results. [HL3835]
§ Lord WhittyThe table below shows the number of badger carcasses collected, and post-mortemed, by county as part of the Road Traffic Accident survey, up to 22 July 2004.
Table: RTA Badger Carcasses by County County Number of carcasses collected Number of carcasses post-mortemed Cornwall 497 365 Devon 566 495 Dorset 192 161 Gloucestershire 978 732 Hereford 302 216 Worcester 239 198 Shropshire 166 128 The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB advises that the results of the post-mortem should not be disclosed at present to avoid either encouraging illegal action against badgers or deterring participation in the badger culling trial.
§ Lord Rotherwickasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many carcasses have been collected in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' survey of badger and deer carcasses in the Furness peninsular, Cumbria; and what was the result of the tuberculosis testing on these carcasses. [HL3836]
§ Lord WhittyBetween 1 January and 5 July 2004, 17 badger carcasses and one deer carcass have been collected for the Furness Peninsular Road Traffic Accident survey.
The deer carcass and nine badger carcasses were negative for Mycobacterium bovis (the causative organism for bovine tuberculosis). One badger carcass was unsuitable for testing, and we await results for the other seven.