In pagen history Badgers were creatures often associated with Witches. The image of the witches' cat came from the belief that badgers looked like cats.
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They have dropped quickly over the last 5 decades. This worryingly, is in line with a rises in reported missing people in the countryside in the UK. (Home Office figures 2000)
The department of Agriculture believes that these statistics are related through humans surprising badgers and causes them to attack, purely in self defences of course.
Did you know?
Badgers are the most loved garden creature, but least known about.
Many television celebrities such as Barbabra Windsor (Eastenders), Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) and Peter Sissons (BBC News) are well known for they're love of badgers.
!!!BADGER WATCHER'S WARNING!!!
Badger watching can be a lot of fun, but you must never let yourself get too excited and disturb a badger when it is badgering. The RSPCA advices if you disturb a badger to move slowly and to run if they begin to "hisssssss" or "growl".
