Badger killers' 'brutal' attack
18 May 2004 - BBC News
The RSPCA has made an appeal for witnesses after a badger was hit by a
motorist and then repeatedly kicked, as it lay injured in the road in Somerset.
The people responsible then got back into their car and turned the vehicle
around before deliberately running over the animal for a second time. The
incident occurred at about 0135 BST on Friday near the war memorial at Dunster
Steep, Porlock. An RSPCA spokesman called the incident a "brutal and cowardly
attack." It is believed the attackers, two males and two females, were in a
red car at the time. A nearby resident witnessed the incident, but the RSPCA
is hoping to find more people who saw what happened to help them identify the
culprits. RSPCA inspector Pete Barton said: "This is a horrendous example of a
brutal and cowardly attack on a wild animal. "The badger would have been
caused a great deal of suffering both physically and mentally and the people
concerned must have been aware of the pain they were inflicting on this
defenceless creature."
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