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?
Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd | Answered on 06/04/2023
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 |