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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
...or how can we manage this matter. There has been lots of discussion on deer management. We have looked abroad and at home and the general means of deer management is to reduce the population by culling, which is basically shooting. We have looked at previous options, such as contraception and other methods, but with deer being a wild animal such strategies are very hard to implement. A...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Paul Daly: ...count the national herd. I do not know where they are coming from or how many there are, but they are appearing on the roads when they were never there previously. I presume that an organised cull, should one happen, will concentrate on areas such as Wicklow where deer are prevalent. They are now prevalent in my area but were never there previously. It is a major issue. If we cannot...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
...of TB in County Wicklow. In one particular study, we found that up to 16% of deer that were tested post mortem were positive for TB. In the same study, we saw that between 30% and 35% of badgers from the same area were found to be positive for TB. Samples are collected from heads and plucks from hunted deer that have been presented to the regional veterinary laboratories for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Dr. Damien Barrett: I will take the question on vaccination. Deputy Fitzmaurice asked how much vaccination is going on. I will also mention culling. This year to date we have captured more than 8,000 badgers for vaccination. This is an increase from approximately 1,900 in 2019. Since 2019, apart from 2020 when there was a reduction because of Covid, we have been culling between 5,000...