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Cost of policing badger cull in Derbyshire 2021
Date of alert:
Saturday, 9 April 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Derbyshire Constabulary
Police costs incurred for the badger cull in Derbyshire Constabulary during 2021 amounted to £301,072.
These costs are covered in full by Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
Badger culling is a Defra initiative, licensed by Natural England, to carry out targeted culls in selected rural areas in an attempt to tackle Bovine Tuberculosis (TB).
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