The Wildlife and Countryside Link published their latest annual wildlife crime report in November 2022.
Badgers are one of the 6 wildlife priorities due to the high level of persecution. Sett interference remains the most common crime, with crimes such as baiting reaching a new audience through social media.
12,048 badgers have been killed in Gloucestershire since the cull began in 2013. The original cull area (zone 1) in West Gloucestershire, along with the…
