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The European badger ... partly due to a reduction in rabies in Central Europe. In the UK, ... The badger population in Great Britain in 2012 is estimated to be 300,000.
A Badger Trust statement [56] indicated the 2012/13 badger cull had these specific aims: Determine whether badger cull targets for each pilot area can be met within six weeks with at least 70% of the badger population removed in each cull area; Determine whether shooting "free-running" badgers at night is a humane way of killing badgers.
Controlling the badger population is prohibited in many European countries since badgers are listed in the Berne Convention, but they are not otherwise the subject of any international treaty or legislation. Many badgers in Europe were gassed during the 1960s and 1970s to control rabies. [36]
'Highest badger population' observed after dark. Galya Dimitrova - BBC News. October 30, 2024 at 10:16 AM.
Badger Trust is carrying out a national survey of badger numbers, in light of the drop in population due to badger culling, "State of the Badger" Report. Trials started in 2024 in Somerset, Lancashire and Hampshire, with a planned roll out throughout England and Wales in 2025-26. Local Badger Groups are the direct action side of the Badger Trust.
In Britain, the main predator is the European badger. European hedgehog populations in the United Kingdom are lower in areas with many badgers, [15] and hedgehog rescue societies will not release hedgehogs into known badger territories. [16] Badgers also compete with hedgehogs for food. [17]
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European badger. Family: Canidae (dogs) Red fox, Vulpes vulpes LC [50] Family: Mustelidae (weasels, badgers, and kin) Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra NT [51] European pine marten, Martes martes LC [52] European badger, Meles meles LC [53] Stoat, Mustela erminea LC, [54] Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LC [55] European polecat, Mustela putorius LC [56]