Shocking Scale of Badger Persecution by Hunts Revealed
The wide scale persecution of badgers by hunts is revealed in new data seen by the Hunt Saboteurs Association.
Of the 3,405 incidents reported in the National Wildlife Crime Unit’s ‘Badger Related Incident Analysis Summary,’ over half (56.9%) relate to interference with badger setts, with the largest proportion of these incidents, around 270 (or 13.9%), attributed to hunts.
A further 11.3% of sett interference incidents are described as the blocking of setts, a practice routinely carried out by hunt terriermen ahead of a hunting day.