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(Created page with "alt=European Badger (Meles meles)|thumb|European Badger (Meles meles) The European badger (Meles meles) is a mammal that belongs to the family Mustelidae, which also includes otters, weasels and wolverines. The European badger is native to most of Europe and parts of Asia. It is a nocturnal and social animal that lives in underground burrows called setts. The European badger has a distinctive bl...") |
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The European badger is a protected species in most of its range and is threatened by habitat loss, road accidents, persecution and disease. | The European badger is a protected species in most of its range and is threatened by habitat loss, road accidents, persecution and disease. | ||
== Badger culling in the United Kingdom == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Table of badger cull figures 2013 to 2022 (source: [https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/ The Badger Trust]) | |||
|'''Controlled shooting''' | |||
|'''%''' | |||
|'''Cage trapping''' | |||
|'''%''' | |||
|'''Total''' | |||
|- | |||
|2013 | |||
| 903 | |||
|48.13 | |||
|655 | |||
|34.91 | |||
|1876 | |||
|- | |||
|2014 | |||
| 313 | |||
|50.89 | |||
|302 | |||
|49.11 | |||
|615 | |||
|- | |||
| 2015 | |||
|743 | |||
|50.65 | |||
|724 | |||
| 49.35 | |||
| 1467 | |||
|- | |||
|2016 | |||
|5667 | |||
|52.06 | |||
| 5219 | |||
|47.94 | |||
|10,886 | |||
|- | |||
|2017 | |||
|11,834 | |||
| 60.57 | |||
| 7703 | |||
|39.43 | |||
|19,537 | |||
|- | |||
|2018 | |||
|20,905 | |||
|63.48 | |||
|12,029 | |||
|36.52 | |||
|32,934 | |||
|- | |||
|2019 | |||
|24,645 | |||
|70.35 | |||
| 10,389 | |||
|29.65 | |||
|35,034 | |||
|- | |||
| 2020 | |||
|31,838 | |||
|77.86 | |||
|9054 | |||
|22.14 | |||
|40,892 | |||
|- | |||
|2021 | |||
|29,544 | |||
|87.70 | |||
|4143 | |||
|12.30 | |||
|33,687 | |||
|- | |||
|2022 | |||
|29,574 | |||
|87.95 | |||
|4035 | |||
|12.05 | |||
| 33,627 | |||
|- | |||
|'''Total''' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|'''210,555''' | |||
|} | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Badger]] | * [[Badger]] | ||
* [[:Category: Mustelidae]] | * [[:Category: Mustelidae]] | ||