Written question WQ87939
- Asked by
- Samuel KurtzConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
Will the Minister provide a breakdown by local authority of the total number of specimens collected via the Badger Found Dead survey between 2014 and 2022, and the total number of specimens identified as TB positive?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The information you requested is tabled below. The information is displayed by county as records of Local Authorities are not collected.
Badgers found dead, collected and sampled for M. bovis under the All Wales Badger Found Dead survey (Sept 2014 - 31st Dec 2022).
County
Badgers sampled
Positive
Anglesey
13
0
Carmarthenshire
207
24
Ceredigion
591
5
Clwyd
431
13
Glamorgan
83
14
Gwent
119
24
Gwynedd
142
1
Mid Powys
86
15
North Powys
188
31
Pembrokeshire
341
29
South Powys
83
10
Grand Total
2284
166