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Guidance: Cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine TB

Natural England

March 28
14:49 2024

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This guide is for licensed operators in England. It tells you the best ways to:

You must:

  • hold valid licences issued by Defra and Natural England
  • comply with all relevant licence conditions
  • carry out the licensed activities safely and humanely
  • get the landowners permission to access their land
  • comply with the conditions in the Veterinary Surgery (Vaccination of Badgers Against Tuberculosis) Order 2010

Visit the UK Government Web Archive for previous versions of this guidance.

Published 1 July 2021
Last updated 28 March 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated the guidance and produced it in an accessible format. Removed the PDF version.

  2. Updated best practice guidance to clarify technical instruction for cage-trapping and marking badgers for bovine TB vaccination under licences CL48 and CL49.

  3. First published.

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