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Police costs incurred for the badger cull in Thames Valley during 2022 amounted to £276,013.
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 culls in selected rural areas to eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) by 2038.