Badger Consultants

A Badger Consultant is a highly-experienced wildlife professional, who knows a great deal about badgers (and other protected species too), as well as other issues like the wildlife law and planning permission. A Badger Consultant will typically have many years experience of badgers, and will be able to deal with and help prevent the problems badgers can cause with both care and compassion.

Importantly, they will also be 100% familiar with the needs of English Nature and DEFRA, and may also have been English Nature licence holders or applicants in their own right. Many badger consultants will be aware of the needs of the Court system, if they are called to act as an "expert" witness.

Being consultants, they will charge for their services (possibly by an hourly, daily rate or whatever), but their charges can save you a great deal of money in the long term. This is especially true if you are a property developer, landowner, golf course, road-builder, railway company, fencing companies, local authority, wildlife park or something similar.

As commercial consultants, they will also understand the requirements of business and commerce; as well as how to maintain good public relations for you too. If you are involved in a commercial project (or one in which there is the possibility of involvement by an insurance company or a legal department), the fact that most will provide a very business-like service should provide you with a great deal of re-assurance. You may also be protected by their professional indemnity cover too.

Most badger consultants will also have a good understanding of project management methods and time planning. Involving a badger consultant in the earliest stages of a project, will normally be a highly cost-effective option; as it will allow an architect or a project manager to understand how the needs of badger need to be accommodated, and whether it is likely that there will be any periods where building or site work will need to be stopped.

Of course, members of the public may also employ a badger consultant - either to help with planning-related issues or garden/estate management issues, or for formalised general advice. If you are involved  in making claims against Insurance Policies for wildlife-related damage, it may be a good idea to speak to a badger consultant too; as they well have much more clout with an insurance company than you might acting alone.

If you have a minor problem (such as garden damage), or you are interested in joining a membership-type organisation, you may like to speak to one of the UK's many Badger Groups or the Badger Trust. As charities, Badger Groups may be able to help householders for free (or for an appropriate voluntary donation); and most people find membership of a Badger Group both interesting and socially rewarding. All the badger consultants we have recommended have had a useful involvement with many badger groups, so they are able to work together when the need arises.

Irrespective who employs a badger consultant, we would always be happy to say that they would always do everything to guarantee the welfare of any badgers.