The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011

Destruction of badgers

3.—(1) An authorised officer may destroy badgers in the control area using one of the methods set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The badgers must be—

(a)trapped in a cage and either—

(i)shot; or

(ii)given a lethal injection; or

(b)shot without being trapped in a cage.

(3) The carcase or part of a carcase of any badger destroyed under this Order is the property of the Welsh Ministers and must not be removed from the land or premises on which the badger was destroyed or in any way disposed of without the authority of the Welsh Ministers.