It’s funny the perceptions you make about an animal having never acutely seen one.
I seen my first live badger last year (I’m 48 for reference). It jumped out in front of me while I was driving home late one night last year. I’d always thought they were slow sluggish creatures, but this one could fairly bloody move. Have seen it around a good few times since.
Why call them badgers…they people like me and you, but Unionists.
They shouldn’t have talked to the peelers
After watching Clarkesons farm, I’m a bit torn on this being a massive problem. These badger baiters probably do it for some sort of fun (which of course is wrong), but they probably indirectly save a lot of cattle getting TB as a result of baiting.
Killed my mushrooms, that is. Or snakes, potentially.
RISE UP BADGERS!! ✊️
Good, they carry horrific diseases that can wipe out entire herds of cattle.
They shouldn’t be a protected species anymore, they aren’t even remotely endangered.
Saw two dead on the road from Tipp to Loais yesterday. First time ever seeing one in Ireland and was dead :/
If they need to be culled to reduce TB cases why does it have to be badger baiters? It seems unnecessarily cruel and it’s not like they’re going to check before doing it.Is it because of costs for the government to do it themselves?
> Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where hunting with dogs remains legal.
I assume the Unionists will want to change that so to be the same as the rest of the UK?
There is no way hunting with dogs should be legal. Badgers are one of the apex predators in our eco system but they can be a vector for TB but it is not natural disease for them. They can pick it up from cattle and transmit it to other badgers who can then transmit to other farms. So can deer. Removing badgers can cause other problems in our ecosystem.
If there is a large outbreak of TB in an area the department of agriculture should send hunters to trap and test the badgers, letting locals do it is a recipe for disaster. Deer are more likely to travel widely and can get it just as easily. TB is a very serious issue in farming and has driven some farmers to kill themselves.
Mushroom, Mushroom !!
It’s there love of mashed potatoes that bothers me.
Hunting them with dogs is disgusting. It’s torture for the badger and the badger can inflict fairly severe wounds on the dog. Absolutely repulsive.
Are they catholic badgers?
“Helpless badgers”
I’m a vegetarian and animal cruelty is inexcusable but a badger will absolutely fuck up a dog in a fight. I always think of them as cute little nocturnal creatures but they are super aggressive!.
I’d say they must have packs of dogs out together because 1v1 a badger wins 9/10
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It’s funny the perceptions you make about an animal having never acutely seen one.
I seen my first live badger last year (I’m 48 for reference). It jumped out in front of me while I was driving home late one night last year. I’d always thought they were slow sluggish creatures, but this one could fairly bloody move. Have seen it around a good few times since.
Why call them badgers…they people like me and you, but Unionists.
They shouldn’t have talked to the peelers
After watching Clarkesons farm, I’m a bit torn on this being a massive problem. These badger baiters probably do it for some sort of fun (which of course is wrong), but they probably indirectly save a lot of cattle getting TB as a result of baiting.
Killed my mushrooms, that is. Or snakes, potentially.
RISE UP BADGERS!! ✊️
Good, they carry horrific diseases that can wipe out entire herds of cattle.
They shouldn’t be a protected species anymore, they aren’t even remotely endangered.
Saw two dead on the road from Tipp to Loais yesterday. First time ever seeing one in Ireland and was dead :/
If they need to be culled to reduce TB cases why does it have to be badger baiters? It seems unnecessarily cruel and it’s not like they’re going to check before doing it.Is it because of costs for the government to do it themselves?
> Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where hunting with dogs remains legal.
I assume the Unionists will want to change that so to be the same as the rest of the UK?
There is no way hunting with dogs should be legal. Badgers are one of the apex predators in our eco system but they can be a vector for TB but it is not natural disease for them. They can pick it up from cattle and transmit it to other badgers who can then transmit to other farms. So can deer. Removing badgers can cause other problems in our ecosystem.
If there is a large outbreak of TB in an area the department of agriculture should send hunters to trap and test the badgers, letting locals do it is a recipe for disaster. Deer are more likely to travel widely and can get it just as easily. TB is a very serious issue in farming and has driven some farmers to kill themselves.
Mushroom, Mushroom !!
It’s there love of mashed potatoes that bothers me.
Hunting them with dogs is disgusting. It’s torture for the badger and the badger can inflict fairly severe wounds on the dog. Absolutely repulsive.
Are they catholic badgers?
“Helpless badgers”
I’m a vegetarian and animal cruelty is inexcusable but a badger will absolutely fuck up a dog in a fight. I always think of them as cute little nocturnal creatures but they are super aggressive!.
I’d say they must have packs of dogs out together because 1v1 a badger wins 9/10
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54)