Badgers Under Sentence

There were rifle shots heard on Blacka this morming. There's no plan for an official cull here either of badgers or deer but we know there are those who love to point guns at wildlife everywhere. And farmers have shot deer (while some of them have hypocritically claimed an affection for wildlife).

Defra and Natural England have just given the go-ahead for another cull of badgers in the west country. This is the reaction of the writer on The Ecologist:

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2532035/defying_reality_natural_england_authorises_unlawful_cull.html

Badgers live on Blacka and also the surrounding land. Two to my knowledge have recently been victims of roadkills. We always have to be aware that some farmers will shoot a badger and then leave the body alongside a road as if it has died in an accident.

Their scratch marks and foot prints can sometimes be seen. They also scrape away turf to get at worms.