Badger Cull

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Dear Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

Please disclose all relevant documents concerning the surveys of Badger numbers in Gloucestershire and Somerset
including details of methodology, how the Badgers were counted, how double-counting was avoided and the estimate of the accuracy of the count. Please also confirm when the count will be updated, if at all.

Yours faithfully,

Aidan Turner

Helpline, Defra (CCU), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Please see attached acknowledgement for your FOI request (EIR 5091).

Many thanks

Bovine TB Programme
Defra

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TBADMIN (FFG), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Please see attached reply to your FOI request EIR 5091.

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Bovine TB Programme

<<EIR 5091.pdf>>
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