The 63-year-old denied claims that he had filled in badger setts on his land, stating that he had shot the badgers while adding that it was ‘legal’ for him to do so. An update alleged that ...

Hunt groups sometimes deliberately block badger setts so that foxes can ... I've shot all the badgers on the farm so why would I want to fill in their setts?" He added that it is legal to do ...

However, there are scenarios where licenses to interfere with badger setts and evict animals from ... or it may require ...

However, Pc Towers said there was no evidence that badger baiting had taken place, and that the sett may have been filled in by children. He said: “We are not classifying this as a criminal ...

A 24-year-old man has avoided prison after admitting to interfering with a badger sett in the Midlands. Ryan Brennan filled in the badger sett on land near Ellesmere in Shropshire, in January this ...

Watch: Hunt monitors filmed a badger sett in Wiltshire they claim was blocked illegally Badger setts in parts of the west of England have been blocked illegally by people taking part in trail ...

A temporary den was discovered on an active badger sett, police have said. Evidence of drug use was found at the site in the Monkmoor area of Shrewsbury. It came following reports to police that a ...

Badgers are relocated by fitting one-way gates to the existing sett, allowing them to leave but not return. There then must be 21 days without badger activity at the sett before it can disturbed.

The sett has been destroyed and excess soil used to create jumps, police said More than 50 trees have been felled or damaged and a badger sett destroyed to create an illegal bike trail in woods in ...