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Right, took the bike for a walk and spotted a creature in the middle of a field. It did not appear to be alive. Went to investigate, clapped my hands first just in case it was having a snooze but it was definitely dead.

So ... to get to the nitty gritty ... it was a young badger and I wanted to take it home to be the first in my mammal collection (looked in pretty good nick). But would I legally be entitled to do this? Or does the farmer 'own' it? Could I get arrested?

Someone on STW is bound to know! Thank you so much. 🙂


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 4:47 pm
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Mammal collection?????


 
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You seem a nice woman CG but this is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I have ever read on Singletrack.


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 4:50 pm
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c_g

You are weird.

Seek help. Quickly.


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 4:50 pm
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😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯


 
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This has to be a troll!


 
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You seem a nice woman CG but this is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I have ever read on Singletrack.

That’s quite an accolade!


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 4:51 pm
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forget the badger

show us yer beaver

ill get me coat 🙁


 
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Not just me that found this a little......odd then


 
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How a dead badger can be in "pretty good nick" was the best bit..


 
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And in this room..
In this room I display the bodies of all the men who have crossed me.


 
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I am definitely not weird! That is quite insulting. 😥

Some animals are beautiful creatures. I have a large deer antler in my lounge, nobody has been freaked out by it. What's the problem?


 
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Posted : 03/06/2010 4:57 pm
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I think it's lovely thing cg.
Do you have an old pet dog mounted on wheels so you can take it on walkies?


 
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CG, an antler is one thing, a rotting badger is quite another!

You are, I'm assuming, thinking of getting it stuffed?

I'm half amazed, half intrigued by this


 
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Seriously CG animals are indeed beautiful, frolicing about, doing animally things. Being stuffed and sitting in a lounge they do not reflect well on the homeowner.


 
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No, I don't want to eat it. But I could see that it wasn't 'damaged' so not sure of the cause of death. Bit worried about Bovine TB to be honest.


 
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My mother has a collection of animal skulls of nearly all the british mammals - from shrews to badgers to dear to goose to wrens. I don't think there are any human skulls amongst them


 
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"What Camelbak for badger transportation?"

😉


 
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Ah... the old 'found it in a field officer'!


 
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That badger would be supplying food to lot of other things in the local ecosystem. Let them have it instead.


 
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[i]I am definitely not weird, now will someone help me decide if I'm allowed to collect dead badgers[/i]
Weirdo 😉


 
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Yes, it would be stuffed. I do actually have some animal remains in my house - not on public display though.

Love the pics btw. 😆


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:00 pm
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Well, I was thinking of borrowing a Bob trailer but am not strong enough to do that. My next request was to ask if anyone had an all terrain pram I could borrow?


 
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Its going to be a bit whiffy if not kept in the freezer.


 
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You're lucky you're known in these parts CG, if this was a newcomer, you'd get totally flamed for this.


 
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😆

Sorry, mental image of someone peering into the pram to coo over baby and being confronted with a dead badger amuses me greatly!


 
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There was that chap from IoM a while back on here, he's likely to know if he's still about? Name escapes me...


 
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What tyres for dead badger collecting......


 
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Mmm badger, tis BBQ season after all. Young is better, tenderer.

Let it hang in the garage for a couple of days, then skin 'n baste with honey/English mustard and on the grill. Boil up the remains to remove the skin/remains and mount the skull on your handlebars.


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:08 pm
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and mount the skull on your handlebars

That conjures up the most disturbing image of this thread (is badgering a bit like dogging)


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:10 pm
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That conjures up the most disturbing image of this thread (is badgering a bit like dogging)

The real pisser is that badgers don't have horns, but I guess a half-open mouth with fangs will have to do.


 
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serious jawbones and skull on a badger - looks well 'ard


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:16 pm
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(is badgering a bit like dogging)

I'm certain most forum users have been accused of [i]badgering[/i] their partners for sex at some point!


 
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I can categorically state that c-g will [b]not[/b] be having sex with a dead badger! She's not its type...


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:22 pm
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serious jawbones and skull on a badger - looks well 'ard

Yeah, but horns? Horns rock on your handlebars. Jawbones? As in suck-your-cheeks-and-pretend-you're-Andrew-Eldritch? Pfffff


 
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I managed to get a rabbit stuck in my front wheel yesterday on the way back from uni.

Its probably a bit tatty, but I know where it is and could post it to you if you wanted it for your collection C_G?


 
Posted : 03/06/2010 5:33 pm
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Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger MUSHROOM.


 
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i know its a honey badger . but you get the idea


 
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honey badger = marsupial ?


 
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no theft of untamed wild animals - s4(4) Theft Act 1968. yours to take if you want. 🙂

edit - i think that's only for animals that are normally held in captivity, so it may be another offence to take a badger, despite not being theft.

further edit - you'd be guilty of an offence under the protection of badgers act 1992, sadly!


 
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I am definitely not weird!

Just keep taking the medication, you'll level out soon

EDIT: Weirdo


 
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fairly hefty things badgers so would make a great footstool me thinks but can you shave a little bit when it gets sewn back up my shaving brush is a bit thin ta


 
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