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15:00 28/01/2021
Police costs incurred for the badger cull in Cheshire during 2020 amounted to £270,421
These costs are covered in full by Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
Badger culling is part of a Defra policy, licensed by Natural England, to carry out targeted culls in selected rural areas to eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis by 2038.