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Statutory guidance: Licences to cage-trap and mark badgers for bovine TB vaccination

Natural England

November 30
16:17 2022

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Badgers can be given an injection of the badger Bacillus CalmetteGurin (BCG) vaccine to help prevent the spread of disease.

Badgers are a protected species, so you need a licence to capture them before they are vaccinated.

You also need a licence to temporarily mark a badger to show it has been vaccinated or assessed as unfit for vaccination.

This page gives details on how to register for the 2 licences:

  • CL48 is issued by Defra and allows you to use cage traps to capture badgers
  • CL49 is issued by Natural England and allows you to temporarily mark badgers

You need to register and be approved as an authorised person to use these licences.

If your registration is successful, you will receive the relevant licence for the activity you plan to do (either cage trapping only or cage trapping and marking). For example, if youre approved to cage trap and mark badgers, you will receive both licences.

How to register

Register by completing the form linked on this page.

You cannot act under either of these licences until youve received written confirmation that you are an authorised person.

Before you register you must:

If your registration is unsuccessful, or youre not eligible to use CL48 or CL49, you can apply to Natural England for an individual licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination.

You can only register between 1 April and 30 November every year.

Get help

Defra is responsible for the authorised person registration process.

If you have queries on how to register as an authorised person, contact Defra at badger.vaccination@defra.gov.uk.

Published 26 May 2022
Last updated 30 November 2022 +show all updates
  1. Provided dates when the form to register for the licence to cage-trap badgers for bovine TB vaccination (CL48) is open.

  2. Updated licence CL48 to add new advice to conditions 1, 2 and 3, and to make conditions 8, 9 and 10 clearer.

  3. Clarified the role of the directing and attending vet in conditions 1 and 8.

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