The cull figures for the suplementary badger cull for the Gloucestershire zone came out today. 172 badgers were slaughtered between 29th August 2017 and 15th January 2018. 5 months of free shooting and cage trapping stopping on 30th November 2017.

We applaud those who not only protected badgers throughout the entire culling period but have continued to protect badgers from illegal culling too outside the licenced period. We are proud to have assisted them.

Our “day job” of sabbing hunts included sett checking and note well that the Ledbury hunt kept on blocking setts throughout November, December and January in the cull zone throughout the extended cull period. See photos. Sometimes after the hunt had packed up, setts and surrounding areas would be checked in the dark with an ear out for shooting activity.

And now there is a licence for the old Gloucestershire zone, culling could begin again in this heat.

Sett surveying continues apace in new zones and as can be seen from the photo another hunt, the Heythrop, has blocked another sett in what could be a new Oxfordshire zone (historic from last season). This one was found on Wednesday evening.

The land is parched and many wild beings are dying from dehydration and starvation.

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