BADGER & CHILD INTERACTION
Further to my attempts to strengthen the anti-cull campaign, I’ve uploaded some pictures taken last year of the local family of badgers that pay visits to my back garden.
The family arrive for supper
This family of badgers live in a sett a few streets away and often visited the garden to dig up earthworms – their favourite food. After some time, I started leaving out food for them and eventually the visitors increased after the arrival of two cubs.
Once the visits became regular, I was able to move the food closer to the back door which allowed me to take these pictures. You can clearly see from the images that my nephew – who loves all things nature – is having a great time getting up close and personal to the badgers from the comfort of my home.
Dan watches from the back door
Just a bit excited?
Of course, if the proposed cull goes ahead, scenes like this will become increasingly rare. Surely any parent would love their children to experience nature with a sense of adventure and achievement – not just at a local wildlife park. What’s most important is that we need to show the next generation that the answer to a ‘problem’ is not a barbaric slaughter.
Have your voice heard and sign the petition to stop the cull and please share to those who haven’t already. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257
Read more about why the badger is being vilified in my other articles:
The effects of the cull on Dorset tourism https://leeconnorblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/badger-cull-is-a-big-mistake/
Badgers and Thylacines as scapegoats – is history repeating itself? https://leeconnorblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/thylacines-badgers-mankinds-scapegoats/
Wonderful pictures. Kids, faces always light up and adults to 🙂 We too have badgers and a sett on the land, I feed them every night, and lately probably way too much, in an attempt to keep them here and safe. They are being vaccinated also, 2nd year this year. Mainly to protect them, and at least start to protect the small minority susceptible to TB, even though TB is endemic in intensively farmed Cattle. I took a video last year of one of our badgers being vaccinated, and would be happy to post on here, would that be ok? Also I have got a lovely video ensemble of a little baby badger called Goldie, with Cornwall Badger Rescue, again, happy to post, if you would like to see, the vaccination video can be shared widely, I’ve edited it a little with captions 🙂 I love your blog and will recommend you to others. Keep up the fine work! Just let me know re: videos!