A friend in Dorset with very close connections to the agricultural industry in Dorset has told me that shooting then dumping badgers on the side of the road is common practice in their area because of the reputed devastation of badger carried TB. I often wonder to what degree deer also carry TB and they range over the same land that badgers do.

How do you know it's a different badger each day, AD, and not yesterday's or the day before's?

They tend to get a bit flatter each day, its what happens when cars run over them.

Of course......

I am commenting on a stretch of the A500 from M6 J16 to the outskirts of Nantwich Cheshire, about 8 miles. The road passes through farmland all the way and its an unusual day when there is not at least one dead badger .This is the main road from M6 towards Wales and Holyhead and although I dont know what the size of the Badger population is  I can see that any one who tries to cross that road "badger speed" is unlikely to make it. Hence my conviction that they are being run over.

Ah, I see. So its not in your Village it's over an 8 mile stretch of road. The road no doubt built over a historic Badger trail. Thanks

Once evidence is produced eg pieces of cartridges in the corpse, accusations of "conspiracy theory" don't stand up. Unless of course someone is saying they were shot after they were run over!

Where's Emilia Fox when you need her?

This thread seems to have gone way off course ( Thankfully).

An indication that it has run its course anyway?

TF

This thread seems to have gone way off course ( Thankfully).

An indication that it has run its course anyway?

TF

If it has it will gradually vanish off the page, TF, as these things do.

TW, I guess you're right!

TF

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