Guidance: Cage-trap and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine TB

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April 27

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Cage-trap and mark badgers to enable vaccination

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This guide is for licensed operators only. It tells you:

how to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) to enable vaccination
which techniques you must use and which are recommended best practice

You must:

hold valid licences issued by Natural England, Defra or the Welsh Government before you can take and mark badgers for vaccination in England or Wales
follow all licence conditions
take all reasonable steps to ensure the licensed activities are carried out safely and humanely
get the landowners permission to access their land to carry out your actions

You must also act in accordance with the:

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
exemption provided for non-Veterinary Surgeons (lay vaccinators) by the Veterinary Surgery (Vaccination of Badgers against TB) Order 2010

Published 1 July 2021
Last updated 27 April 2023 +show all updates

27 April 2023
Updated best practice guidance to clarify technical instruction for cage-trapping and marking badgers for bovine TB vaccination under licences CL48 and CL49.
1 July 2021
First published.

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