Contact Details
Please view our Emergency page to find out
what information you need to gather about the casualty, and then contact
an Emergency Badger Rescue Organisation.
Emergency Badger Rescue Organisations include:
-
RSPCA -
Telephone 0870 - 55 55 999
- Police Service - Telephone 999
(the Police will not rescue the badger, but
they may need to get involved in the case of motorways, trunk roads, blocked
roads and injuries)
- Secret World
(based in Somerset)
- Local Badger Groups
| Caution - Badgers! |
| Get expert help before you deal with an injured badger!
Ideally, find some-one who has been trained to handle a badger. |
| Approach every badger with extreme care - even one which is apparently
comatose may move suddenly! If the badger appears unconscious, use a
stout stick and carefully prod the sensitive areas near the eyes
and mouth, to check that it really is unconscious. Stay out of reach of its teeth or claws
and remember that badgers may inflict severe bites! Keep stout stick between you and the badgers
mouth, so it can bite the stick before it can bite you. NEVER pick up a badger by the tail. If the badger
struggles, it will be able to bite or scratch you anyway; and you may end
up dislocating its tail too. |
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