AQW 22175/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 10/09/2021
Answered On Date: 21/09/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide details of (i) the number of reports of dead badgers which have been received through the Badgerline phone number or email; (ii) of those badgers tested, to provide the number that tested positive for bovine Tuberculosis; and (iii) the geographical areas where those badgers were found, for each of the past five years.

Answer:

The numbers of badgers reported, numbers tested, and the numbers of those tested which were positive, in each of the five years requested, are provided below. These figures are subdivided by year and by Divisional Veterinary Office area. Summary figures have also been provided (Annex A)