§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many badgers were removed in each of the parishes listed under his badger control strategy in 1986 and 1987.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 25 April 1988]: The numbers of badgers taken in parishes where, under the present control strategy, badgers may be removed automatically in the event of an unexplained herd breakdown due to bovine tuberculosis, are shown in the following table. The table excludes badgers taken in removal operations prior to adoption in April 1986 of the revised control strategy recommended in the Dunnet Report.
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County Parish Number of badgers taken 1986 1987 Avon Batheaston 13 — Cold Ashton 37 6 English Combe 4 — Hawkesbury 3 28 St. Catherine 1 — Cornwall Camborne — 9 Helland 4 — Kirkhampton — 18 Linkinhorne — 5 Ludgvan — 13 Michaelstow 4 — Merwenstowe — 1 Sancreed 13 — South Hill 2 4 Stithians 19 — Stoke Climsland — 6 St. Gulvias 43 — St. Just 46 — St. Neot 23 — St. Veep — 11 Wendron 27 35 Devon Hartland — 2 Manaton — 33 Dorset Cheselbourne 3 10 Stoke Abbott — 11 Gloucestershire Alderley — 2 Bisley with Lypiatt 26 35 Boxwell with Leighterton — 30 Coates — 5 Edgeworth 1 3 North Nibley 1 — Nympsfield 1 — Painswick — 9 Prestbury 11 5 Standish 40 — Stinchcombe 8 — Stroud — 17 Uley 6 3 Whittington 17 — Wotton Under Edge — 45 Somerset Cheddar — 10
County Parish Number of badgers taken 1986 1987 Wiltshire Box 10 4 Compton Bassett 20 — North Wraxall 10 — Dyfed Bettws Evan — 6 Llangeler 1 7
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many badgers were removed in 1986 and 1987, by parish, for which prior approval of the consultative panel on badgers and tuberculosis was required.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 25 April 1988]: The number of badgers taken in parishes where prior approval of the consultative panel on badgers and tuberculosis was required are as follows:
County Parish Number of badgers taken 1986 1987 Avon Pucklechurch 15 — Cornwall Davidstowe — 6 Menheniot — — St. Martin — 7 Devon Holsworthy — 31 Milton Damerel — 7 Sutcombe — 5 Thornbury — 15 Gloucester Brookthorpe — 17 Duntisbourne Rouse — 45 Moreton Valence 8 — Somerset Rodney Stoke — 12 Westbury sub Mendip — 52 Wiltshire Brokenborough — 46 Malmesbury St. Paul without — 1 Sherston — 12 Dyfed Llanddarog — 3 Llanwinio — 2