Blog uncovers badger baiting 'secrets'
23 February 2009 - BBC News
By Nuala McCann from BBC News
A secret blog was a key tactic in a plan to snare badger baiters who enjoy
watching dogs tear badgers apart, an animal charity has said. The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said its blog
proved crucial in uncovering the secrets of badger baiting. It quickly became accepted as an all-Ireland forum, the charity said. As people bragged and posted pictures of badgers being mauled, the USPCA said
they watched and learned. So-called "badger diggers" shared information about how they could escape
detection. The animal welfare charity was tracking every word. The website was set up as part of an investigation into badger baiting across
Ireland carried out by the USPCA and the Sunday Times newspaper.
The blog is now
closed.
Stephen Philpott, chief executive of the USPCA, said the blog was "key" to
uncovering the truth about badger baiting. The scale of persecution shocked
everyone," he said. "Groups meet twice a week throughout the 'season'. Badgers are dragged from
the sett into broad daylight and set upon by dogs in a foretaste of future
suffering known as a 'shake'. After a merciless mauling, the traumatised creatures are returned to the
sett to await the next session of torment. This time its fate is sealed and an
agonising death is the inevitable outcome."
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