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Badgers, mustelids and the cull….

  National Badger Day focuses on all things ‘badger’,  so here are some interesting facts about badgers and their cousins…. image from Pinterest Badgers are part of the ‘mustelid’ group of mammals… The Mustelidae from Latin mustela, meaning weasel) are a diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, Martens, and wolverines. . Otherwise known as mustelids, they form the largest family in the suborder Caniformia, of the order Carnivora with about 66 to 70 species in nine subfamilies....

Badger cull very sad update!

Largest ever cull authorised this autumn – bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population The Wildlife Trusts are aghast that more than 70,000 healthy badgers will be shot this autumn in the government’s largest ever seasonal cull.  The move comes despite the government’s promise just six months ago to support badger vaccination and move away from shooting this protected species. The cull will result in the deaths of badgers which have been vaccinated by volunteers in government-funded programmes. ...

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