Animals Badgers

[Ivan]

Bovine TB is spread by cattle, all research points to badgers not being the prime cause. The slaughter of them is merely a convenient political sop to the farming industry. The largest spread of Btb was after the last outbreak of foot and mouth when infected cattle were used to restock in areas were there had been no Btb present.

They are included in the order carnivora due to their dentition.

Yes the 'farmer's enemy' was really about their viewpoint and not whether badgers are actually a problem to them

 

[Zugzwang]

I’m happy to not have badgers as they are one of the very few hedgehog predators.

Yes, we wanted to adopt hedgehogs, but the sanctuary required 1.5 miles to the nearest sett .

 

[Ivan]

Yes, we wanted to adopt hedgehogs, but the sanctuary required 1.5 miles to the nearest sett .

Interesting

We have hedgehogs in the garden... perhaps hiding from the badgers 800yds away

 

[Zugzwang]

Well if the badgers do get into your garden, it probably won't be hedgehogs uppermost in your mind - think drunks with mechanical diggers if you need a mental picture...

 

[rhysonsax]

Well if the badgers do get into your garden, it probably won't be hedgehogs uppermost in your mind - think drunks with mechanical diggers if you need a mental picture...

Their mechanical diggers seem to be able to get through the fairly think concrete base of our shed (if it is badgers rather than foxes).

Rhys

 

[Jeanette]

A friend of ours has a family of badgers visit nightly, they put food out and sit and watch them from the conservatory.

Jx

 

[Nikki]

 

[zelda]

It’s amazing what animals that are on the mainlands don’t make it to the islands. I didn’t understand this until we went to Newfoundland and I discovered that they don’t have raccoons. You’d think at some point a baby would sneak on-board a boat and they’d be introduced but they weren’t and because of this they don’t have rabies on the island either. It IS actually impressive.

No porcupines either.
I grew up there. There were'nt any coyotes or squirrels in the 50s, 60s, or 70s but they're there now.

 

[Nikki]

No porcupines either.
I grew up there. There were'nt any coyotes or squirrels in the 50s, 60s, or 70s but they're there now.

Or skunks apparently. Now that they are lucky for.