Each year Secret World can care for up to 50 badger cubs. Most of them are found locally but many come from all other parts of the country because of the health protocol that the cubs receive prior to release. As each cub arrives, they are put into family groups and will remain in these groups and be released together as a unit.

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Because we are very aware of the "badgers and TB" issue we have established a testing programme, approved by DEFRA, RSPCA and NFBG to ensure that any badgers we release are free from this disease. All the cubs undergo 3 separate blood tests, the only test available to ascertain whether a live badger has TB or not, they are tattooed and identichipped to give us some idea of post release success.

The help we need is with finding landowners with suitable sites to release badgers into. The location must be suitable for badgers and yet unoccupied; the terrain must be diggable, ideally with a vacant badger sett on it. There must be adequate foraging. Adjoining landowners need to be badger tolerant. There should not be any major roads near by. There must be no risk of persecution in the area of the site.

All potentially suitable sites will be thoroughly checked. Anyone wishing to participate in our badger rearing and release programme either with a donation or by providing a release site should please contact:
Pauline Kidner on 01278 783250 or by email.

PS Can anyone who finds a tattooed badger, the tattoo being inside one or both of the hind legs, please contact the above.

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