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This page provide you with information on badgers, including their environments, activities, appearances and general characteristics as well as guidance on the features of a badger sett.

Badgers & Development

Badger Friendly Fencing

On assessing your planning application NIEA considers that there is reasonable likelihood of badgers being present on the site and affected by the proposed development. To ensure your development proposal complies with legislation and planning...

This document is a survey of the badger population in Northern Ireland for 2007/2008. To date, two country-wide surveys have been completed to allow a fuller understanding of the number and distribution of the undisturbed...

Badgers are a protected species in NI and culling for TB control purposes is not permitted. Ad hoc surveys, using badgers killed by cars, have been undertaken in the past but a province-wide survey has...

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Chief Veterinary Officer, Robert Huey, today announced that DAERA would commence badger sett surveys in two bovine tuberculosis (bTB) problem areas in Northern Ireland.

Questions and Answers for the 2021 COVID-19 Cull Sow Support Scheme.

This Guide explains the background and eligibility criteria for the 2021 COVID-19 Cull SowSupport Scheme.

An integrated research project was conducted on badgers (Meles meles) and cattle in Northern Ireland to provide data on the ecology of badgers; quantify the level of direct interactions between badgers and cattle at pasture...

1.How many deer are in situ in Northern Ireland over the past five years2. How many deer have been culled over the past five years.

Information flyer providing details on what to do should you find a dead badger on the road.

This document is a review of the diagnostic tests for the M. Bovis infection in badgers as carried out by AFBI.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a financial support package worth up to £2M for pig farmers who have been impacted by the collapse in prices for cull sows in the last year due...

This document provides information on the association between M. Bovis strain types in cattle herd and road-kill badgers in Northern Ireland

This report outlines the findings from the survey carried out during spring 2013 and winter 2014-2014 in relation to research undertaken on a "test and vaccinate or remove" (TVR) weildlife intervention strategy as a potential...

This document provides a summary and details of a survey of Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in badgers killed by cars since 1999.

The number of applications for licences in 2022 to control problem birds and number of birds permitted to be culled

DAFM Research Call 2025 - Call Specification and Guidelines

Coastal Communities Fund Round 5 - Guidance on full cost recovery