Persecution

The barbaric and illegal “sports” of Badger digging and Badger Baiting are unfortunately, common in many parts of Britain today. This cruelty takes many forms:
Digging
Dogs are put down a sett to corner the badger and then men dig down from above. The badger is either killed or removed for baiting.
Baiting
A pit is dug out and the badger - often handicapped by having its jaws or legs broken, its eyes poked out and its claws and teeth pulled out - is put in to fight a succession of dogs. The badger inevitably dies and the dogs often sustain serious injuries or are killed.
Snaring
One of the most cruel ways of trapping, with a slow torturous death. The animal is ensnared with a noose of wires from which it cannot escape.
Lamping
Lurcher dogs and spotlights are used to chase and corner badgers in open fields, again ending in capture and death.
Roads
TOTAL reported ROAD CASUALTIES in South Derbyshire 2000 - 130   2001 - 145  

2002 - 123     2003 - 102    2004 - 130  2005 - 83    2006  91 2007 104  2008 88 2009  80

Welsh Assembly
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