What's with the badgers in England?
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What's with the badgers in England?
I have a D-I-S-T-A-N-T cousin in England who is in high dudgeon about a badger 'cull'. Apparently he thinks it is the equivalent of the Turkish genocide of the Armenians. What say our English members?
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Badgers at one time were classed as vermin and could be controlled but then Badger baiting with dogs became quite common so the antis caused such a fuss that Badgers were given full protection under the law.
Since then Badger numbers have increased many fold and have become a pest to everyone in the countryside except the bunny hugging antis. The dairy farmers especially have a problem with bovine TB which they believe Badgers spread from one farm to another, so the government have allowed a Badger cull in certain areas to see if it helps stop the spread of TB.
The antis are really having a hissie fit about this.
Dead road kill Badgers are a very common sight nowadays, a few years ago you rarely saw a Badger dead or alive. Where I live I have several Badger setts all around the place, of course I can't LEGALLY do anything about them, even though they are destroying ground nesting birds etc.
Brian May, guitarist with Queen is really up in arms about the poor little Badgers and is seen protesting about the cull on TV etc.
In my opinion, the only good thing about Badgers is they make fine shaving brushes!
BADGERS, BADGERS, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGERS!
Since then Badger numbers have increased many fold and have become a pest to everyone in the countryside except the bunny hugging antis. The dairy farmers especially have a problem with bovine TB which they believe Badgers spread from one farm to another, so the government have allowed a Badger cull in certain areas to see if it helps stop the spread of TB.
The antis are really having a hissie fit about this.
Dead road kill Badgers are a very common sight nowadays, a few years ago you rarely saw a Badger dead or alive. Where I live I have several Badger setts all around the place, of course I can't LEGALLY do anything about them, even though they are destroying ground nesting birds etc.
Brian May, guitarist with Queen is really up in arms about the poor little Badgers and is seen protesting about the cull on TV etc.
In my opinion, the only good thing about Badgers is they make fine shaving brushes!
BADGERS, BADGERS, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGERS!
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Another animal that needs no protection!
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
that's true, old rockers run rampant in England.
oh, you're talking about badgers.
oh, you're talking about badgers.
Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Hobie I kinda like badgers any animal that tries to tear the tire off a tractor thats moving warms my heart, I have been putting up owl perches 2x2 10' tall the owls take care of the pocket gophers for about 50' radius the gkids take care of the flicker tails. danny
Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Gamekeeper, I thought you sported a beard! Or is that also a result from the badger protection?
They are out of control, worse than fox, number wise.
They are starving and the whole sett that is the UK is suffering!
A classic example of how millions CAN be wrong!
They are out of control, worse than fox, number wise.
They are starving and the whole sett that is the UK is suffering!
A classic example of how millions CAN be wrong!
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Too bad you can't force the bunny huggers to hug a badger. I would love to see them try. In my opinion, forcing the people who want to stop the badger cull to each and every one to hug a live and very annoyed badger would be quite fun. Those loveable wild animals are just furry humans who want love, aren't they???
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
The European 'badger' (Meles meles') is not the same as the American badger (Taxidea taxus) but apparently they share a common disposition.
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
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Re: What's with the badgers in England?
Shoot...Shovel....ShutUp.....Griff wrote:Please translate... n a PM if you have to!BlaineG wrote:SSS
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