FOI reveals most badgers culled in Somerset pilot were trapped first, then shot

Many more badgers were cage trapped before being shot than were shot ‘free-running’ during the pilot cull in Somerset, Defra has disclosed.

Over the initial six week cull period 500 badgers were trapped before being dispatched, the department has revealed following a Freedom of Information request.

The total shot from longer range without being trapped during the same period was 365.

Reported by the Western Morning News. You can read the full story here.