mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Didn't know where to post this as I'm only asking opinions off all members due to me having done nowt with them. There's a cottage right on the edge of a local forest, at the back they built this patio area and used railway sleepers as a retaining border to the patio. Now badgers have dug their way underneath the sleepers and moved in , what if anything can be done to remove the furry feckers? Can they be gassed? Your thoughts please folks Quote Link to post
jamiethehunter 0 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 I would call the rspca and see if they can remove them and relocate them. Until there gone i suggest everyone stays clear of them badgers will attack if there nest is under threat and they are nasty. Quote Link to post
Deker 3,478 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Don't know about your part of the world but I suspect it's the same as England....my understanding is, you are f****d unless you talk very nicely to the man from DEFRA. Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 This is what I thought too, I remember out running in the same forest some time ago, it was mid afternoon and along the track towards me wallowed a badger, now it must have been deaf, looked to be old, I'd stopped running and was about to turn around and leg it when it raised it's nose and was gone into the trees, obviously smelled my presence. Since then I've had a bit of a complex and am known as the "Lynx" factor Quote Link to post
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Talk to DEFRA, Al. It's the only way you can do anything about it and that's if you have a case that they'll respond to. The RSPCA can't do anything about it without a license from DEFRA, unless there has been a law change I'm unaware of. Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Talk to DEFRA, Al. It's the only way you can do anything about it and that's if you have a case that they'll respond to. The RSPCA can't do anything about it without a license from DEFRA, unless there has been a law change I'm unaware of. Defra Chris? I contacted the necessary when a stallion died on our land and they just replied with a kinda silence at the other end of the phone which makes you kinda wonder , they just suggested I contact the local "knackers yard". So when the truck arrived to do the business, the fella asked if I was a registered breeder or was the horse a "pet", because if he was a "pet" you could have just buried him on ya land Got quite a few pets about the place now Quote Link to post
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Due to the badger legislation the only people with the official capacity are DEFRA. Dealing with them can be very hit and miss and depends entirely on your personal circumstances. I've had dealings in the past, regarding protected birds in food establishments and they only seem to want to get involved when public health is at risk. Also I'd recommend not publicising any badger related details to your neighbours. Even a course of trapping and releasing could bring out the worst and bring unwanted, and unwarranted, attention to you and your family. It's a long road. Good luck. Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Due to the badger legislation the only people with the official capacity are DEFRA. Dealing with them can be very hit and miss and depends entirely on your personal circumstances. I've had dealings in the past, regarding protected birds in food establishments and they only seem to want to get involved when public health is at risk. Also I'd recommend not publicising any badger related details to your neighbours. Even a course of trapping and releasing could bring out the worst and bring unwanted, and unwarranted, attention to you and your family. It's a long road. Good luck. Cheers Chris Quote Link to post
chimp 299 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 poor badgers , let them run free so they an feel the wind in there hair lol Quote Link to post
hiho 5 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 poor badgers , let them run free so they an feel the wind in there hair lol na shoot the buggers Quote Link to post
85rob 0 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 surely if you told defra that the badgers try and attack whenever you go into the garden they have to move them? Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 poor badgers , let them run free so they an feel the wind in there hair lol just like in a sort of "Timotei" add do ya mean? Makes 'em almost cuddly, just before they take a chunk out of your shin area Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 surely if you told defra that the badgers try and attack whenever you go into the garden they have to move them? the badgers or the folk? Quote Link to post
mad al 146 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 poor badgers , let them run free so they an feel the wind in there hair lol na shoot the buggers na I stopped that in 1988 ............Oh, you mean the badgers :kiss: Quote Link to post
bullsmilk 2 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 i have herd that a jacked up hilux sorts many a badger Quote Link to post
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