Table 1.

Estimated reduction of the badger population after the initial cull in proactive culling treatment areas. (After Smith & Cheeseman 2007.)

area	total number of badgers culled	number of badgers caught in initial cull	pre-culling population estimate	estimated reduction at initial cull (%)
E	1463	605	827	73.2
G	996	427	621	68.8
H	593	162	252	64.3
I	661	219	556	39.3