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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Oct 2023)
Holly Cairns: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of these badgers found dead in the snares; and the number that were alive and were killed by gunshot or other method. [44292/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Oct 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I would like to clarify that my Department does not use snares for the capture of badgers. All badgers captured are caught using a stopped body restraint. Badgers that are dispatched, are done so in a humane manner, either by the use of a licensed firearm or by the administration of IV barbiturates by a Veterinary Inspector. DAFM does not record if a badger is alive or dead in a restraint in...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Oct 2023)
Holly Cairns: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a badger cull is intended to go ahead in 2024. [44294/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Oct 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: There are a number of factors which can contribute to an outbreak of bovine TB. There is irrefutable evidence that links badgers to the spread of bovine TB through badger to cattle transmission. Many other juristictions cull badgers in order to control the spread of TB from badgers to cattle. DAFM, however, acknowledged that this is not a sustainable long term solution to the problem....