Best Way To Get Rid Of A Badger?

lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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Does anyone know of any non-harmful ways of keeping badgers out of gardens?
I had a huge one frighten the bejesus out of the cat the other night and then this morning I found a pieris bush that had been felled (gnawed at the base) and an awful stench of badger wee.
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  • DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    better fences?
  • Hobbit FeetHobbit Feet Posts: 18,798
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    Signs...

    'Badgers keep out'

    Maybe that wouldn't work though, as I think they are very shortsighted.
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    better fences?

    It's all drystone wall. I think the set is somewhere over the back wall, but they'll climb it quite easily.
    I could put electric fencing around the perimeter I suppose?
  • Lego PigLego Pig Posts: 2,279
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    Throw mash potato onto a motorway.
  • Keiō LineKeiō Line Posts: 12,979
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    For a start, do not even attempt to reason with them. Any arguments simply fall on deaf ears, you might as well be speaking in dutch.

    The only language they listen to, is the language of violence spoken by Mr Shovel and his good friend Mr Spade.
  • DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    Keiō Line wrote: »
    The only language they listen to, is the language of violence spoken by Mr Shovel and his good friend Mr Spade.

    do you mean digging them out or killing them with a shovel and spade?
  • The screamThe scream Posts: 2,338
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    Lego Pig wrote: »
    Throw mash potato onto a motorway.

    Hahaha I really just laughed loudly at that !
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,224
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    Lego Pig wrote: »
    Throw mash potato onto a motorway.

    brilliant! I was going to say don't give it any more mashed potatoes too ha ha
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    I'm afraid I don't get the mashed-potatoes references. :o Do they like mash, then?
  • Hobbit FeetHobbit Feet Posts: 18,798
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    I'm afraid I don't get the mashed-potatoes references. :o Do they like mash, then?

    Bodger & Badger I think.....
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,476
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any non-harmful ways of keeping badgers out of gardens?
    I had a huge one frighten the bejesus out of the cat the other night and then this morning I found a pieris bush that had been felled (gnawed at the base) and an awful stench of badger wee.

    I read that as penis bush :o
  • DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    popalong wrote: »
    I read that as penis bush :o

    :o me too but i wasnt going to say anything :D
  • ScottishWoodyScottishWoody Posts: 23,220
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    Panic, a snake! Aaaaooooh!

    Mushroom Mushroom! :p
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    Panic, a snake! Aaaaooooh!

    Mushroom Mushroom! :p
    Oh, don't - you'll have that going around my head all evening now..
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13,481
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    You could buy a lion. Don't forget to save the fur of the badger for paint brushes.
  • Rogana JoshRogana Josh Posts: 41,348
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    Kalashnikov ;)
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    Kalashnikov ;)

    Unfortunately, killing a badger without a licence gets you 5 months nick these days (as others have found out). If I was going to top it, I'd have to do it subtlely and somehoe dispose of a huge, stinky carcass without anyone finding out (the one I saw the other night looks like it weighs as much as great dane, too!)
  • Rogana JoshRogana Josh Posts: 41,348
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Unfortunately, killing a badger without a licence gets you 5 months nick these days (as others have found out). If I was going to top it, I'd have to do it subtlely and somehoe dispose of a huge, stinky carcass without anyone finding out (the one I saw the other night looks like it weighs as much as great dane, too!)

    Phone Wildlife S.O.S. in Surrey, they relocate them.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13,481
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Unfortunately, killing a badger without a licence gets you 5 months nick these days (as others have found out).
    Hence the lion. Not your fault if he gets it, then.
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    TeaCosy wrote: »
    Hence the lion. Not your fault if he gets it, then.

    Hmmm.....maybe....
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    I've got the badger badger mushroom mushroom theme going around in my head, with bits of bodger and badger mixed in now. :mad:
  • albertdalbertd Posts: 14,341
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any non-harmful ways of keeping badgers out of gardens
    Why don't you welcome them into your garden, and then invite Autumnwatch to visit?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 292
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any non-harmful ways of keeping badgers out of gardens?
    I had a huge one frighten the bejesus out of the cat the other night and then this morning I found a pieris bush that had been felled (gnawed at the base) and an awful stench of badger wee.

    Under the 1992 Protection of Badgers Act it is actually illegal to damage their setts or move them without a licence.

    Badgers only go where there is food, so there must be something in your garden that they find yummy. The only sure way to get rid of a badger is to remove its food source.

    I was told by an RSPCA Officer ages ago that badgers can't stand human urine and will quickly move on if there is lots around (esp male urine), so you know what to do if you want to try that......
  • koantemplationkoantemplation Posts: 101,293
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    jrhilton wrote: »
    I was told by an RSPCA Officer ages ago that badgers can't stand human urine and will quickly move on if there is lots around (esp male urine), so you know what to do if you want to try that......

    It doesn't work, I've tried it.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,146
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    and an awful stench of badger wee.

    im slightly disturbed that you know what badger urine smells like!

    :eek: ;)
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