getting rid of badgers

[boswell8228]

Can anyone please tell me the name of any chemical etc, which will help to keep badgers away from a bowling green.
Thanks.

[burnhal]

Badgers are fully protected by law and you need to be careful that whatever you try is not going to break the law. Read this site
http://www.wiltshirebadgergroup.org.uk/home.as p?pname=/badgersinyourgarden.asp

Contact your local badger group- they will give useful advice

[divegirl]

Hi, I have a suggestion, if you don't like the badgers....go live/play in the city!!! We have precious little wildlife in this country and you want to go using chemicals on one of the most people would pay money to see!!!!

[gelda]

Well said Divegirl!!!

[RATTER15]

When I had my Pest Control Company, I would regularly get phone calls about Badger problems, my advice was to leave them well alone or you will be be inviting a whole lot of problems and enemies!!

take Divegirls advice, go live in a city!!

[ojread2]

We have a bowling green in our city!

But, badgers are protected and I would imagine there must be a humane way to move them on? Can you move them on?

Or even put a fence around the green?

[Pippa68]

I don't think you can move them on..

A local building company wanted to build on land offered for sale by residents, but there were several badger's setts situated on the land.

They had to totally give up their plans, as the badgers had more rights to be there than the houses...quite rightly so! and I'm married to a builder ;o)

[Dassie]

Er........who was there first ?? Leave them alone, they are protected species.

[legend758duo]

you will go to jail.

they are a protected species .

everyone knows that surely ?

[lizzydrippin]

Leave the badgers alone, what do you mean exactly by a chemical? what do you want to do poison them? They were probably there long before your bowling green. Thank goodness there are laws in place to protect badgers from the likes of people as yourself who seem to think that your leisure is far more important than a living creature.

[ojread2]

That;s what I thought Pippa

On reading the op again, I think what they meant was is there something to keep them off the green rather like you wold keep cats out of your garden
They don't want to kill them just deter them and I see no problem with that

[Dassie]

Perhaps the badgers( who were there first) can also obtain something to deter the bowlers ?

[ojread2]

LOL dassie

I see what you're saying but I think originally and wringly we assumed the op wanted them killed off.

I see no reason why something natural can't be used to deter them from the green

It protects us as well as them

[ojread2]

And we do not kow the badgers were there first

[burnhal]

come on people- the question writer asked a perfectly reasonable question- there is nothing there that says he/she wants to poison them or anything! Badgers will appreciate a piece of nice flat short grass- ideal for grubbing up leatherjackets or earthworms- and a bowling green is that ideal. As for the comments about go and live in a city- there are plenty of badgers in cities and towns.
So how about giving questions some thought occasionally before getting hysterical? We will all be better off if we can learn to live alongside nature rather than putting people off with such comments. In cases like this there is a good argument for keeping the badgers out- fencing, motion detector lights etc- benefits both the humans and the animals- people wont get peeved with them and try to do them harm.
And before you give me stick for not supporting nature- I am a conservationist, I do watch badgers at their setts, I do volunteer warden on a bird reserve and I have seen in real life most of British nature that others only see from the comfort of their armchair on the telly.

[horsestache1]

A couple of years ago I had a Badgers set in the corner of my field,which is used fro grasing my horses. I was worried the the horses would damage their legs in the hole whilst running around. I was also worried that one of the yung Badgers may get hurt by the horses.

I called my local badger group, a very helpful man came and had a look. He said that the set was fine where it was and the both animals were quite safe, and do you know what , they were. No horses tripping in hole's no injured badgers.

I suggest you call your local badger group (not easy to get hold og by the way) and I'm sure they will find a solution to your problem.

I only wish it were so easy to sort out my rabbit population!

[horsestache1]

Oh my god my spelling, I've broken my collor bone (Monday) and typing with one had seems to affect my spelling!!!!!!!!!!!!

[B00]

Surely the simple option would be to put a fence around the green? I'm presuming that they only use it to potter around on and play on?

Personally, i'd pay to see said badgers gambolling about on a bowling green- bet it's fantastic!

[B00]

and oh ouch horsetache, how on earth did you do that? Hope it get's better soon!