Written answers
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Culls
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers that were culled or vaccinated in each of the years 2019 to 2021. [56870/22]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the Bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Programme my Department implements two main control strategies, removal and vaccination, in areas around the country where there have been epidemiological links to badgers and bovine TB breakdowns. The requested totals are provided in the table below:
| Year | Total number of badgers captured in vaccination areas | Total number of badgers captured and removed in culling areas |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,937 | 5,254 |
| 2020 | 4,702 | 4,806 |
| 2021 | 6,586 | 5,868 |
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