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In the wild

Sightings of American badgers in the wild are far from rare, but the vast majority of these have been chance encounters. I am not aware of any locations where American badgers are seen (let alone watched) in the wild on a regular basis. Finding a breeding den would appear to be the best bet for watching badgers, but even then there is no guarantee that the mother will not move her young to another den!

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In captivity

If you really want to see a live American badger, then a zoo would seem to be the only place where a sighting is guaranteed.

American badgers are exhibited in the following zoos:

Canada

• Saskatchewan: Saskatoon Zoo [w176].

USA

• Arizona: Prescott Heritage Park Zoo [w164].
• California: Folsom City Zoo [w165], San Diego Zoo [w166].
• Minnesota: Zollman Zoo, Olmstead County [w167].
• Nevada: Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park [w168].
• New Mexico: Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, Carlsbad [w169].
• Texas: Houston Zoo [w170], Texas Zoo [w171].
• Virginia: Peninsula SPCA Petting Zoo, Newport News [w172].
• Wisconsin: Henry Vilas Park Zoo, Madison [w173].

Mexico

• Miguel Alvarez del Toro Zoo, Tuxtla Gutiérrez [w175].

Do you know of any other places where American badgers can be seen? If so, please let me know.

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Picture credits

The American badger photo used at the head of this Article is a public domain image provided by the US Fish & Wildlife Service; photographer Gary Stolz. Credits for the photos used in the right-hand margin of this page for site navigation can be found on the Credits page.

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