The badgers of the world

• Photo File: Pictures of the badgers of the world.

Articles

• Classification
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Social organisation
• Activity patterns
• Dens
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycles
• Predators and defences against them
• The threats facing the badgers of the world

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Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

• Fact File: Key facts about the Eurasian badger.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the Eurasian badger.
• Articles: More detailed information about the Eurasian badger.

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Eurasian badger Photo Files

There are quite a few Photo Files for the Eurasian badger, so I have broken them down into three sections here:

• Badgers
• Conservation issues and action
• Badger fieldcraft and badger watching

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Eurasian badger Photo Files: Badgers

• Face to face with the badger
• A portrait of the badger
• A Japanese badger
• An unusual Japanese badger
• An albino badger
• The badger's forepaw
• A cete of badgers
• A badger in the snow
• A badger cub
• Primrose

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Eurasian badger Photo Files: Conservation issues and action

• A shaft dug into a sett by badger diggers
• A snare
• A snared badger
• Investigating a dug sett
• A badger underpass
• A culvert with a badger ledge
• A "badgers crossing" road sign
• A road casualty ready for an X-ray
• An X-ray of a badger's broken leg
• Going back to the wild
• An unusual rescue
• Raising funds and awareness
• Putting the fun into fund raising

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Eurasian badger Photo Files: Badger fieldcraft and badger watching

• Freshly excavated earth at a sett
• A bundle of bedding material
• A rock scratched by badgers
• A badger footprint
• A badger pathway
• Badger hairs in barbed wire
• A badger snuffle hole
• A wasp nest destroyed by a badger
• A bees' nest destroyed by a badger
• Badger dung
• A badger on the patio
• Who's watching who?

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Eurasian badger Articles

There are lots of Articles about the Eurasian badger, so I have broken them down into six sections here:

• About badgers
• Conservation issues
• Conservation action
• How you can help
• Coexisting with badgers
• Watching and studying badgers

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Eurasian badger Articles: About badgers

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Distribution, habitat preferences and numbers
• Social organisation, homes ranges and territories
• Activity patterns
• Setts
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycle
• Predators and defences against them

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Eurasian badger Articles: Conservation issues

• The threats faced by badgers
• Badger baiting
• Badger baiting on video
• Badger baiting in the old days
• The Badger, a poem about badger baiting by John Clare
• Badger digging
• The cruelty of badger digging
• Badger digging - who and why?
• Lamping and shooting
• Lamping - what's involved?
• Snares
• Snares- case studies
• Road traffic
• Seasonal variations in the numbers of road casualties
• Badger culling
• Background information on bovine tuberculosis
• Do badgers infect cattle with TB?

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Eurasian badger Articles: Conservation action

• What's being done to protect badgers
• UK Law - the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (Part 1)
• UK Law - the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (Part 2)
• UK Law - the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (Part 3)
• UK Law - the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (Part 4)

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Eurasian badger Articles: How you can help

• How you can help badgers
• Stop the badger cull!
• Help to cut the carnage on our roads
• Reporting badger setts
• Reporting sightings and other evidence of badgers (Part 1)
• Reporting sightings and other evidence of badgers (Part 2)
• What to do if you witness persecution of badgers
• What to do if you find an injured badger on the road (Part 1)
• What to do if you find an injured badger on the road (Part 2)

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Eurasian badger Articles: Coexisting with badgers

• Badger problems - Homes and gardens
• Badger problems - Golf courses and bowling greens
• Badger problems - Agricultural and horticultural situations
• Chemical solutions to badger problems
• Fencing badgers out
• Dealing with problem badger setts

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Eurasian badger Articles: Watching and studying badgers

• Watching badgers at their sett (Part 1)
• Watching badgers at their sett (Part 2)
• Watching badgers at their sett (Part 3)
• Watching badgers at their sett (Part 4)
• Watching badgers in your garden (Part 1)
• Watching badgers in your garden (Part 2)
• Setts and field signs - Badger setts
• Setts and field signs - Spoil heaps
• Setts and field signs - Bedding material
• Setts and field signs - Scratching posts
• Setts and field signs - Pathways
• Setts and field signs - Badger hairs
• Setts and field signs - Tracks
• Setts and field signs - Feeding signs
• Setts and field signs - Latrines and dung
• Setts and field signs - Other signs of activity

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Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris)

• Fact File: Key facts about the hog badger.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the hog badger.
• Articles: More detailed information about the hog badger.

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Hog badger Photo Files

• Face to face with the hog badger (1)
• Face to face with the hog badger (2)
• A hog badger in Thailand
• A hog badger in Cambodia
• A hog badger cub (1)
• A hog badger cub (2)
• A rescued hog badger (1)
• A rescued hog badger (2)
• A hog badger in captivity
• A sleeping hog badger (1)
• A sleeping hog badger (2)

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Hog badger Articles

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Distribution and habitat preferences
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycle
• Predators and defences against them
• The threats faced by the hog badger
• What's being done to protect the hog badger
• How you can help the hog badger
• Where to see hog badgers
• Encounters - Let sleeping badgers lie

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American badger (Taxidea taxus)

• Fact File: Key facts about the American badger.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the American badger.
• Articles: More detailed information about the American badger.

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American badger Photo Files

• Face to face with the American badger
• A yawning badger
• American badger in desert habitat
• An American badger, killed on the road

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American badger Articles

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Distribution and habitat preferences
• Activity patterns
• Dens
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycle
• The threats faced by the American badger
• The hunting of the American badger - methods
• The hunting of the American badger - reasons
• The hunting of the American badger - conservation and welfare implications
• What's being done to protect the American badger
• How you can help the American badger
• Where to see American badgers

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Ferret badgers (Melogale species)

• Fact File: Key facts about the ferret badgers.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the ferret badgers.
• Articles: More detailed information about the ferret badgers.

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Ferret badger Photo Files

• A Chinese ferret badger from Taiwan
• A Chinese ferret badger caught in a trap
• A Burmese ferret badger from Thailand
• Everett's ferret badger (mounted specimen)
• Skull of a Chinese ferret badger
• Tracks of a Chinese ferret badger

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Ferret badger Articles

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Distribution and habitat preferences
• Activity patterns
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycle
• The threats faced by ferret badgers
• What's being done to protect ferret badgers
• How you can help ferret badgers
• Where to see ferret badgers

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Honey badger (Mellivora capensis)

• Fact File: Key facts about the honey badger.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the honey badger.
• Articles: More detailed information about the honey badger.

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Honey badger Photo Files

• Portrait of a honey badger
• A young honey badger

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Honey badger Articles

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Appearance and general characteristics
• Social organisation, homes ranges and territories
• Food and feeding behaviour
• Life cycle
• Predators and defences against them
• The threats faced by the honey badger
• What's being done to protect the honey badger
• How you can help the honey badger
• Where to see honey badgers

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Stink badgers (Mydaus species)

• Fact File: Key facts about the stink badgers.
• Photo Files: Pictures of the stink badgers.
• Articles: More detailed information about the stink badgers.

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Stink badger Photo Files

• A Palawan stink badger
• An Indonesian stink badger

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Stink badger Articles

• Classification and subspecies
• Names
• Distribution and habitat preferences
• Predators and defences against them
• The threats faced by stink badgers
• What's being done to protect stink badgers
• How you can help stink badgers
• Where to see stink badgers

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