Call to Public to Protect Badgers

Do you want to learn or teach people about badgers?
Click here to buy our presentations all about badgers!

14 April 2006 - BBC News

Badger baiting in Lincolnshire can only be stamped out with the help of the public, police have said.

Officers are appealing for people to help the authorities by reporting any incidents - but are warning the perpetrators should not be confronted.

It comes as recent cases of badger baiting are investigated in the Market Rasen area.

Wildlife Crime Officer PC Nigel Lound called baiting "barbaric" and said it should be stopped.

He added: "The majority of people involved are criminals and they are not pleasant individuals and under no circumstances should they be approached by members of the public.

"But there are positive things we can do, the first one being reporting all sightings of live badgers and setts to the Lincolnshire badger group.

"And it's only by this sort of co-operation we can make sure this barbaric practice does not take place in Lincolnshire."

For more information, please click the following link:

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4909320.stm

Badger Encounters in the Wild book
Superb book of Jim Crumley's encounters with badgers in the wild in Scotland. The quality of the writing is superb. A great  read. Click here to buy: Encounters in the wild

External News

We have provided links to stories from external news organisations so you can follow the media interest in badgers, and see who writes on the subject. We do not endorse external authors.