I've also seen badgers dead on the roadside and it breaks my heart but I have to say none at all local to where I live, in the main I see them on the edges of the fastest roads into the towns, as you say a badger isn't going to be able to move out of the way of a vehicle bearing down on them at 50 mph plus. tthe poor things.
I guess all we can do is give it our best shot at attracting/deterring/living with and trying to protect our gardens and our wildlife. Its not easy!
Lucky enough know cattle by my badgers and I hope they don't cull them. They have been in the woods behind my house for 40 years ( according to neighbours who have lived there for 40 years. They do have their benefits apparently if you have badgers you don't have rats... Keep in mind if you are building a fence to stop them comin in they are excellent diggers and will just destroy it. We had someone block the hole in our fence from the wood side
They just dug a hole in it! We have replaced the fence but as per the badger act 1992 we have left a hole in it so not to change or alter their route....
What badger Act? You can do whatever you like to keep them out of your property.
Not sure what the benefits of badgers are. They go along the road banks opening wasp nests. They eat ground-nesting and hedge-nesting birds if they can reach them. They eat hedgehogs. They also do other nasty things.
I love to see them, but they are very destructive.
Badgers, hey ? The question is, who was on your land/property first? Who is the invader ? If badgers are in your garden, then they probably were on that patch of land for a thousand years before there was a house ! The other question or way to look at it is, if you were a badger, what would YOU feel if someone came on to your land and built a socking gurt thing on YOUR land ?
As the life-span of any individual badger is pretty short, four years, perhaps, I doubt many of them sit around telling their grandchildren what the area was like before those darn'd houses were built.
There is one thing that sets humans apart from wild animals. Wild animals act from instinct and accept life as it is. They have few imperatives in their lives. Breeding, food, shelter, and avoidance of predators; nothing much else.
Some humans plan, some just breed ! Animals breed, eat and defend their territory, and use only their paws, hooves or claws to defend and build. Humans in their infinite wisdom and compassion, utilise, rape the land, destroy, and ravage everything they can, all in the name of progress. Not much hope anywhere, is there ?
Oh Dear! What a bleak view of humanity. They do so many good things too. Lots of hope! So much improvement in people's lives, thanks to man's inginuity.
To bring some levity; imagine how awful life was before they invented waterproofs and Wellingtons.
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Its a crazy double edged sword isn't it!
I've also seen badgers dead on the roadside and it breaks my heart but I have to say none at all local to where I live, in the main I see them on the edges of the fastest roads into the towns, as you say a badger isn't going to be able to move out of the way of a vehicle bearing down on them at 50 mph plus. tthe poor things.
I guess all we can do is give it our best shot at attracting/deterring/living with and trying to protect our gardens and our wildlife. Its not easy!
I dont suppose we will see so many when the big cull starts.
There are so many badgers about it is very hard not to see them in rural areas. That is the problem.
Lucky enough know cattle by my badgers and I hope they don't cull them. They have been in the woods behind my house for 40 years ( according to neighbours who have lived there for 40 years. They do have their benefits apparently if you have badgers you don't have rats... Keep in mind if you are building a fence to stop them comin in they are excellent diggers and will just destroy it. We had someone block the hole in our fence from the wood side
They just dug a hole in it! We have replaced the fence but as per the badger act 1992 we have left a hole in it so not to change or alter their route....
What badger Act? You can do whatever you like to keep them out of your property.
Not sure what the benefits of badgers are. They go along the road banks opening wasp nests. They eat ground-nesting and hedge-nesting birds if they can reach them. They eat hedgehogs. They also do other nasty things.
I love to see them, but they are very destructive.
Badgers, hey ? The question is, who was on your land/property first? Who is the invader ? If badgers are in your garden, then they probably were on that patch of land for a thousand years before there was a house ! The other question or way to look at it is, if you were a badger, what would YOU feel if someone came on to your land and built a socking gurt thing on YOUR land ?
As the life-span of any individual badger is pretty short, four years, perhaps, I doubt many of them sit around telling their grandchildren what the area was like before those darn'd houses were built.
There is one thing that sets humans apart from wild animals. Wild animals act from instinct and accept life as it is. They have few imperatives in their lives. Breeding, food, shelter, and avoidance of predators; nothing much else.
Humans plan.
Some humans plan, some just breed ! Animals breed, eat and defend their territory, and use only their paws, hooves or claws to defend and build. Humans in their infinite wisdom and compassion, utilise, rape the land, destroy, and ravage everything they can, all in the name of progress. Not much hope anywhere, is there ?
Oh Dear! What a bleak view of humanity. They do so many good things too. Lots of hope! So much improvement in people's lives, thanks to man's inginuity.
To bring some levity; imagine how awful life was before they invented waterproofs and Wellingtons.
Pessimist are never disappointed. A pessimist is a well informed optimist.
AND it is raining !