§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many badgers were slaughtered in response to tuberculosis outbreaks in cattle in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mrs. FennerNo realistic estimates can be made of the number of badgers slaughtered when gassing was the main method of badger control as the setts were sealed after gassing. Since the introduction of live trapping from July 1982 the number of badgers taken in official investigations in Cornwall are as follows:
Number 1982 (July to December) 73 1983 167 1984 (January to October) 310