A badger's journey

What does a badger need?

Badgers are  omnivorous (eat anything!). Although earthworms make up about 80% of their diet, they will also forage for beetles, small mammals, frogs, snails,  wasps, acorns, bulbs, fruits and roots. So badgers need to live in or near to woodland.

What barriers might a badger face on its journey?

Roads kill upward of 45,000 badgers a year

Buildings and farmland has replaced much of the habitat that badgers need.

Intensive farming using chemicals produces poor soil reducing the number of earthworms that badgers rely on

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