Wild Mammals and the Land by MAFF

• One piece of bad advice given by MAFF is that "the badger is easily tamed when young and makes a very interesting and pleasing pet".

What remains, includes some of the most sensible advice ever given out by MAFF!

• "in many parts of the country (the badger) is being subjected to the unjust persecution that has been its lot for centuries"
• "all of these (experts) have reached the conclusion that on balance the badger is definitely a beneficial animal"
• "in many ways the badger is an admirable and likable creature"
• "the badger does an immense amount of good by destroying pests of various kinds"
• "no other British mammal has been subject to so much ill-informed, adverse comment, backed by so little evidence"