21. People's Trust For Endangered Species: UK Events 2000 The New Forest badgerWatch, 25, 31 May 2002, £15. wildlife photography in the InnerHebrides, 26, 4-10 June 2002, £540. Worcester badger-watch 2, 27, 7 June 2002, £15. http://www.ptes.org/watching/uk2002/index2.htm

Working to Preserve Wildlife for the Future Contact Us About Us Projects BAPs ... Links Wildlife Encounters in 2002 We have organised 80 different events this year involving at least 25 different species and covering over 30 counties throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The most popular events have filled up very quickly again this year, so if an event you want to attend is fully booked please ask to be put on a waiting list. To make a booking or to receive a brochure, call us on 020 7498 4533 or email us Click on the events below to find out more! Event Event Code Dates Cost per Person Mountain hares in the Peak District 2 March 2002 Otters galore! 3 March 2002 Orchids at Kew Gardens 10 March 2002 Behind-the-scenes at the Vet Unit, London Zoo 27 March 2002 In search of hares 28 April 2002 Fox rescue 14 April 2002 28 April 2002 5 May 2002 12 May 2002 Leopard love-in 17 April 2002 29 May 2002 18 June 2002 14 August 2002 Badger rescue at Secret World 18 April 2002

22. People's Trust For Endangered Species: Essex Badger Watch Working to Preserve wildlife for the Future. Contact Us. (61) Hedgerowwildlife. Saturday 24 August 2002. Hedgerows are not only an http://www.ptes.org/watching/uk2002/61_hedgerow_wildlife.htm

Working to Preserve Wildlife for the Future Contact Us About Us Projects BAPs ... Links (61) Hedgerow Wildlife Saturday 24 August 2002 Hedgerows are not only an attractive part of the British landscape, they also provide a haven for all kinds of wildlife, from wildflowers and insects to birds and mammals. However, not all hedges have the same wildlife value and much of their richness depends on how they are managed. Concern about the removal of hedgerows led to the introduction of laws in the 1990s to protect those that remain. Hedgerows are at their richest in summer when insects buzz on every flowerhead and songbirds are nesting. Our leader will be Alina Congreve who is a postgraduate researcher at Kings College, London. She specialises in the protection of landscape features. Location: Stevenage, Herts Places: Cost: We will meet Alina at 10.30am for refreshments and an introductory talk about the wildlife value of our hedgerows. We will also brush up on some basic species identification techniques. After a pub lunch, we will go outside to put our hedgerow survey skills into practice. The event will finish by about 4.00pm.

23. Panda Or Badger At Hydestile Wildlife Hospital A member of the public took it to Hydestile wildlife Hospital in Godalming whereit is now to eat the bamboo shoots we guesed that it must be a badger after all http://www.hydestile.org.uk/PAGES/Panda.Badger.html

Emergency Home page News-Events History ... Donation Is it a Panda or Badger? There was hope yesterday for the falling Panda population as a new bear was found in Britain. This very rare 'Pandger' was found roaming deep in the wilds of West Sussex. Attacked by other Badgers it was found wandering along a bridlepath dehydrated and suffering from wounds to it's ear. A member of the public took it to Hydestile Wildlife Hospital in Godalming where it is now making a full recovery. The badgers markings are thought to be genetic. Graham Cornick owner of Hydestile joked " It's amazing, I've never seen anything like it before. This must be the rarest animal on earth! When it refused to eat the bamboo shoots we guesed that it must be a Badger after all." The ten week old Badger will be introduced to other Badgers at the Hydestile Hospital and is hoped he will be accepted into the new family group. The new family will then be released back into the Surrey forests in August. We are in need of release sites for Badgers,Foxes and Deer

24. Indiana Division Of Fish And Wildlife The range of the badger continues to expand as a result of landuse changes deservesto live for future generations as a member of the wildlife heritage of http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/lifeseries/badger.htm

var dir = location.href.substring(0,location.href.lastIndexOf('www.in.gov/')); var url = location.href.substring(dir.length,location.href.length+1); document.write("") Publications and News Releases INTRODUCTION engaging in a fight, badgers often dig themselves into a hole for defense. Man and packs of dogs are the chief predators of badgers in Indiana, but coyotes may take a few young each spring. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS This husky member of the weasel family is specialized for digging. Built close to the ground, they weigh up to 40 pounds and can reach 35 inches in length, including the tail. Their overall color is silver-gray, but they have a distinctive, narrow, white stripe running from the nose over the top of the head. Cheeks are white with a black patch in front of short, erect ears. The fur is short, coarse and not of much value. Badger hair bristles, once used in shaving brushes, have now been replaced by man-made fibers. FAMILY LIFE Badgers mate in the fall, but the young do not start developing within the mother's body until February. During winter, badgers spend long periods underground. In early spring, a litter of two to five young are born in a grass-lined burrow. The young are weaned when they are half-grown. At this time, they begin to venture outside the underground home on hunting trips. In the fall, after the young have learned to hunt for themselves, the family separates and the animals become rather solitary. Their life expectancy in the wild is unknown, but they have lived 13 years in captivity.

25. Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources The badger is primarily nocturnal, but sightings during the day, especially during UtahDivision of wildlife Resources, The Nature Conservancy, and NatureServe http://www.rsgis.usu.edu/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=taxitaxu

26. Secret World Wildlife Rescue : Adopt A Badger badger Adoption as they kindly run the administration side of badger Adoption to Sasitorn,lastrefuge.co.uk and Angie Barber, The Secret World wildlife Rescue. http://www.secretworld.co.uk/data/adopt-badger.htm

[Adopt a Badger] Badger fact file Protection of Badgers Act 1992 Conservation ... [Badger Updates] ADOPT A BADGER Badgers are probably one of the best-loved British mammals. They are shy nocturnal animals which share our countryside, although many of us have never even seen one. Sadly, our ever increasing need for housing and transport constantly threatens their habitat and ultimately their lives. Thousands are killed every year on our roads. Others fall victim to cruel badger baiters and now the government are killing thousands more as part of an experiment investigating the causes of TB in cattle. Whatever the persecution, when mothers are killed, their defenceless cubs are left with little hope of survival ...That is unless they are taken into the expert care of Pauline Kidner at the Secret World sanctuary in Somerset. Pauline raises countless orphaned cubs every year. Bottle feeding them, even through the night, weaning them onto solids, ensuring they get veterinary care when needed and giving them all the love and attention they require until they are ready to return to the wild. By adopting Glade and Tess you can help to ensure that their lives at the sanctuary are fulfilled and happy. You will also be playing a vital part in the care and rehabilitation of all of the other badger cubs that Pauline looks after each year.

27. Secret World Wildlife Rescue : Badger Rehabilitation badger REHABILITATION, This is the sort of situation faced by Pauline Kidner whoruns a wildlife rescue centre in the South West of England – an area with a http://www.secretworld.co.uk/data/BADGER_REHAB.htm

Adopt a Badger] Badger fact file Protection of Badgers Act 1992 Conservation ... [Badger Updates] ALL ABOUT BADGERS BADGER REHABILITATION Badger cubs come into care as young as less than one week old. They are not difficult to rear but take up an enormous amount of time. Pauline and Nikki , who helps with the cubs, often have to feed the tiny cubs every hour and a half depending on their age and state of health, as the cubs come in for care from February through to May it means an endless round of putting food in one end and cleaning up what comes out of the other. Badgers are highly social animals and need others of their own age to interact with, play with and compete with in order to ensure their necessary mental and physical development. Secret World often deals with as many as 50 cubs each year. The intention of Secret World is to eventually return any reared cubs back into the wild. This in itself is a complex procedure and only takes place once each animal has had 3 clear blood test results so minimising the risk of it being infected. The whole process from first receiving a cub as early as February to eventual release in July/August is a lengthy and very stressful time, especially on the part of the carers. The care and hard work that goes into rearing these delightful, often infuriating animals is immense and throughout this whole process the worry of whether a release site will be found is ever present.

28. Wildlife Status Reports - American Badger Status of the American badger (Taxidea taxus) in Alberta. Alberta SustainableResource Development, Fish and wildlife Division, and Alberta Conservation http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/status/reports/badger/body.html

Status of the American Badger Taxidea taxus in Alberta Dave Scobie Alberta Wildlife Status Report No. 43 May 2002 Published By: Publication No. T/016 ISBN: 0-7785-1987-2 (Printed Edition) ISBN: 0-0-7785-1988-0 (On-line Edition) ISSN: 1206-4912 (Printed Edition) ISSN: 1499-4682 (On-line Edition) Editors: Sherry Feser and Robin Gutsell Illustrations: Brian Huffman For copies of this report, contact: Information Centre - Publications Alberta Environment/Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Fish and Wildlife Division Main Floor, Great West Life Building 9920 - 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5K 2M4 Telephone: (780) 422-2079 OR Information Service Alberta Environment/Alberta Sustainable Resource Development #100, 3115 - 12 Street NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7J2 Telephone: (403) 297-3362 This publication may be cited as: Scobie, D. 2002. Status of the American Badger (Taxidea taxus) in Alberta. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division, and Alberta Conservation Association, Wildlife Status Report No. 43, Edmonton, AB. 17 pp. Table of Contents

29. Wildlife Status Reports - American Badger Messick, JP and MG Hornocker. 1981. Ecology of the badger in southwesternIdaho. wildlife Monograph. 76153. Michener, GR 2000. http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/status/reports/badger/lit.html

LITERATURE CITED Alberta Environment. 2000a. Badger Taxidea taxus . URL: http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/trapping/index.html [Accessed: 6 December 2000]. Alberta Environment. 2000b. 2000 Alberta guide to trapping regulations. Alberta Department of Environment, Edmonton, AB. 16 pp. Alberta Fish and Wildlife. 1985. A policy for the management of threatened wildlife in Alberta. Alberta Fish and Wildlife, Edmonton, AB. 34 pp. Alberta Fish and Wildlife. 1991. The Status of Alberta Wildlife. Alberta Forestry, Lands, and Wildlife, Wildlife Management Branch, Edmonton, AB. 49 pp. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. 2001a. The General Status of Alberta Wild Species 2000. Fish and Wildlife Service, Edmonton, AB. 46 pp. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. 2001b. 2001 Alberta guide to trapping regulations. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB. 16 pp. Banfield, A.W.F. 1974. The mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON. 438 pp. British Columbia Conservation Data Centre. 2002. Tracking Lists. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. URL: http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/cdc/

30. Image Galleries Of European Wildlife : Adrian Warren Photo Library Small photo gallery of mammals and birds by Colin Seddon.Category Recreation Outdoors wildlife Europe......Photo Galleries European wildlife by Colin Seddon. Click Images to enter theirGalleries. Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) laid up, Scotland, UK, badger (Meles meles http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/photolibrary/colinseddon/sp_european_animals.htm

Photo Galleries : European Wildlife by Colin Seddon Click Images to enter their Galleries European Birds (Updated 21/08/02) Grey Seal and Eurasian Otter Badger and Mink Small Herbivores : Squirrel, Hare, Mouse Red Deer, Sika Deer, Roe Deer ... Contact Us Web site designed by: Dae Sasitorn var site="s10sasitorn"

31. Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project - Artemis Wildlife Consultants http://www.artemiswildlife.com/Badgers/TOB.htm

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32. The Broad Goals Of The Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project Are To Determine The Dis Okanagan badger Project is currently funded by the Habitat Conservation Trust Fundof British Columbia, the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (World wildlife http://www.artemiswildlife.com/Badgers/TOB_text.htm

To help learn more about badgers that occur in the Thompson and Okanagan valleys, Artemis Wildlife Consultants initiated a project to look at the distribution and natural history of badgers in this area. We partnered on this project with Karl Larsen, a professor at The University College of the Cariboo, Corinna Hoodicoff (M.Sc. candidate, University of Victoria), and John Surgenor, a biologist with the Wildlife Branch. The Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project is currently funded by the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund of British Columbia, the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (World Wildlife Fund – Canada and Canadian Wildlife Service), Tolko Industries Ltd. (Louis Creek Division), and Weyerhaeuser Company. The broad goals of the Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project are to determine the distribution of badgers in this region and to conduct a research study on badgers fitted with radio-transmitters. Armed with up-to-date information, we hope to be able to get an idea of how many badgers we have and determine the effects (both positive and negative) that people and their activities might have on badgers. We have produced several reports that summarize many of the results of the project since 1999. Please click on the link below for specific information from the Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project.

33. WILDLIFE SCROLLER . Powerfully built forest.Honey badger are uncommon throughout most of its range. Diet. Takes......HONEY badger. Mellivora capensis. http://www.rannsafaris.com/wildlifeinfo/Honey Badger.asp

34. FRONTPAGE\badgerwatch Selfcatering holiday amongst badgers, birds, foxes and other wildlife. Includes conservation project details, pictures of the facility, wildlife notes and contact information. http://www.badger-watch.com/

BADGER-WATCH Offer a secluded self-catering holiday amongst badgers, birds, foxes and other wildlife, near the Cotswold's At College Barn Farm, Sibford Gower, Banbury, Oxfordshire The peanut butter sandwich badger The original photograph was taken by Mr. Roberts from our main hide in 1998 Our objective:- We have a conservation project which started in 1987 at College Barn Farm. The project includes planting trees and shrubs as well as encouraging and, as far as possible, protecting and preserving the resident wildlife . We and all of our visitors (wildlife enthusiasts) protect the College Barn Farm badgers by observing the setts daily and the badgers most evenings by floodlight. Our aim is to establish a seven-acre wildlife area containing as many different varieties of trees and wildlife as possible, with our badger setts and three ponds included within this area. To enable this project to proceed as fast as possible, we have established accommodation and other facilities for our visitors. Any profit from the accommodation is reinvested back into the conservation project. We offer you the opportunity to enjoy a peaceful, relaxing holiday in a secluded, modern mobile home in the heart of the countryside where you can watch nearby badgers by floodlight from a warm hide at night. During the day there are many other varieties of wildlife to observe at

35. Animal Aid Campaigns : Wildlife In ten other 'proactive' areas, every single badger will be slaughtered and Africancountries via the Bern Convention, Europe's longeststanding wildlife treaty http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/wildlife/badger.htm

Special report: March 1999 SCAPEGOATING THE BADGER At the close of 1998, the Government began a badger 'research programme' that will result in the trapping and destruction of around 20,000 animals over the next five years. The killing of these animals - supposedly a protected species - is happening because farmers blame badgers for the escalating incidence of tuberculosis in their beef and dairy herds. Nearly 4,000 bovine TB cases were officially identified in 1998 in around 700 herds, an increase of 35% on the previous year. The UK's badger population is around 300,000. MAFF will trap and shoot 20,000 over the next five year. Meanwhile, some 50,000 are run over every year and another 10,000 fall prey to badger baiters. Farmers insist that badgers transmit the disease to cattle, and yet not even farmer-friendly MAFF has produced any convincing evidence. During the past 23 years, the Ministry has killed more than 20,000 badgers in a failed effort to halt bovine TB outbreaks. In fact, TB in cattle has been increasing since 1986, including in areas where badgers have been eliminated, or where they have been shown to be free of the disease. The new 'research' is once more aimed at getting evidence to frame the badger. Animals in ten 'reactive' areas will be killed if they have access to TB infected cattle farms. In ten other 'proactive' areas, every single badger will be slaughtered. In ten 'control' areas, all badgers will be spared so that the effects on cattle of doing nothing can be monitored. The victims will be trapped in cages (where they will often languish for hours), shot, dissected, tested for TB and then incinerated.

36. Animal Aid Campaigns : Wildlife Make a Call Save a badger. We have good evidence to suggest that another roundof badger slaughtering begins today, Thursday 21 October, in Cornwall. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/wildlife/badgers.htm

October 1999 Make a Call - Save a Badger URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT We have good evidence to suggest that another round of badger slaughtering begins today, Thursday 21 October, in Cornwall. The killing is the government's insane and unscientific attempt to control TB in cattle - a disease which has been brought about by the farmers' own greed. We desperately need people who care about the badger's plight to phone one or more of the numbers listed below. These are the work mobile phone numbers of field officers engaged in the cull. Please politely register your disgust and circulate the numbers as widely as you can. The one- -one with badger killers is co-ordinated, and requires that you phone from now - Thursday morning. If you get an engaged tone, please try again. Pass on the details as soon as you can. What follows are the numbers as well as a statement released today to the media. For background on the badger cull, click here Mobile phone numbers of supervisors Mobile phone numbers of field staff Media Statement: Today, Thursday 21 October, the government starts a new wave of badger slaughter in Cornwall, as part it's heavy-handed and unscientific attempt to control bovine TB in cattle.

37. Poisoned Eggs And Badger Baiting Training for wildlife Liaison Officers resumed in September and October at Wethersfield poisonedbirds eggs —used to attract birds of prey, badger setts being http://www.mod.uk/mdp/talk_through/dec_01/article5.htm

About Us AWAC ABRO ATRA ... Wildlife POISONED EGGS AND BADGER BAITING MIKE KETTLE is dedicated to policing the MOD’s furry and feathered customers Training for Wildlife Liaison Officers resumed in September and October at Wethersfield, having been postponed earlier as a result of the Foot and Mouth crisis.Peter Karner and Paul Butt from DEFRA (Dept for Rural Affairs previous MAFF) explained their section’s role in investigating poisons, pesticides and chemical offences. They took MDP and Home Office students through an extensive range of practical and theoretical procedures, with the help of local farmer, Mr Butler who lent us his fields for use as a training area. Scenarios ranged from poisoned birds eggs —used to attract birds of prey, badger setts being gassed by ‘mistake’ for rabbits, to the illegal snaring of foxes. Students needed to identify the problems, bag the evidence and submit reports —taking into account the necessary Health and Safety procedures. Mr Paul Kite, the Chairman of the National Federation of Badger Groups, delivered a passionate lecture on the problems facing the badger and the law protecting them. He has experience of dealing with the MOD Police, particularly Paul Rogers and Paul Glover, APT Colchester, over badger related problems at Fingeringhoe Ranges. A lecture on animal cruelty followed, both to domestic and wild animals, delivered by Chief Superintendent Barry Fryer and Chief Superintendent Martin Daly of the RSPCA based at Horsham. They covered legislation, ongoing cases and showed a video and slides of some of the worst cases that have been brought before the courts, including seized footage of animals used in sport. Students were informed about the role of RSPCA including a visit to the Danaher RSPCA Animal Shelter Wethersfield, to see the rescue and recovery side of cruelty cases.

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39. 1Up Info > Wildlife & Animals: Badger | Taxidea Taxus > Biological Data And Habi BIOLOGICAL DATA AND HABITAT REQUIREMENTS. wildlife SPECIES Taxidea taxus badger Related categories for wildlife Species Taxidea taxus badger. http://www.1upinfo.com/wildlife-plants-animals/animals/mammal/tata/biological-da

History People Places Wildlife, Animals, and Plants ... News Search 1Up Info You are here 1Up Info Wildlife, Animals, and Plants Wildlife Species Mammals Wildlife, Animals, and Plants Wildlife, Animals, and Plants Wildlife Species Amphibians Birds Mammals ... Vine BIOLOGICAL DATA AND HABITAT REQUIREMENTS TIMING OF MAJOR LIFE HISTORY EVENTS : Seasonal Activity Patterns: At high elevations and latitudes badgers are inactive, perhaps even torpid, for extended periods in winter. They are not true hibernators and emerge from their dens on winter days when the temperatures are above freezing [ ]. Diurnal Activity: Badgers are largely nocturnal but have been reported active during the day as well [ ]. Breeding Season: Mating occurs in late summer and early fall [ ]. Gestation and Parturition: Badgers experience delayed implantation. Pregnancies are suspended until December or as late as February. Young are born from late March to early April [ ]. Litters range from one to five young [ ], averaging about three [ ]. Development of Young: Badgers are born blind, furred, and helpless [

40. Badger Crime and supports the work of the Met's Area wildlife Officers. He also maintains contactwith many conservation organisations, local badger groups, government http://www.met.police.uk/wildlife/badger.htm

home about news contact ... index Wildlife In this section Wildlife Crime Unit Badgers Birds Endangered Species Related items in other sections of the site Crime Prevention Useful external links National Federation of Badger Groups Badgers Although badgers are perceived to be one of Britain's best loved animals, the sad truth is that they have been persecuted by man for centuries. Shy creatures, they avoid contact with people and are seldom seen, living in underground setts and only emerging at night to feed. London and its surrounding countryside has its own badger population so crime against this animal is very much a concern of the Metropolitan Police Service. Because they are nocturnal animals, they are particularly vulnerable to disturbance in their setts during the day. Recent years have seen an upsurge in the old practices of badger digging and baiting. Badger baiting is a crime Badger diggers use dogs and spades to get badgers from their setts. The captured badgers are then attacked by dogs for "sport". Even if the badger survives the attack, it is likely to have suffered severe injuries and will ultimately be killed by the diggers. The dogs often receive serious injuries as well.

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