Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Badger
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Hunting === {{Main|Badger-baiting}} Hunting badgers for sport has been common in many countries. The [[Dachshund]] (German for "badger hound") [[dog breed]] was bred for this purpose. [[Badger-baiting]] was formerly a popular [[blood sport]].<ref name = hunting>{{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Badger |volume=3 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |pages=227 }}</ref> Although badgers are normally quite docile, they fight fiercely when cornered. This led people to capture and box badgers and then wager on whether a dog could succeed in removing the badger from its refuge.{{sfnp|Chisholm|1911}} In England, opposition from naturalists led to its ban under the [[Cruelty to Animals Act 1835]] and the [[Protection of Badgers Act 1992]] (c. 51)<ref name="1992act">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/contents|title=Protection of Badgers Act 1992|access-date=7 October 2015|author=UK Government}}</ref> made it an offence to kill, injure, or take a badger or to interfere with a sett unless under license from a [[statutory authority]]. The [[Hunting Act 2004]] further banned [[fox hunt]]ers from blocking setts during their chases. [[File:Taxidea taxus (American badger) fur skin.jpg|thumb|right|Badger pelts]] Badgers have been trapped commercially for their pelts, which have been used for centuries to make [[shaving brush]]es,<ref name = hunting/>{{sfnp|Chisholm|1911}} a purpose to which it is particularly suited owing to its high water retention. Virtually all commercially available badger hair now comes from [[mainland China]], though, which has farms for the purpose. The Chinese supply three grades of hair to domestic and foreign brush makers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emsplace.com/bristle_types_and_bloom.htm|title=Bristle Styles and Additional Information|publisher=Em's Place|access-date=25 May 2013|archive-date=4 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604094214/http://www.emsplace.com/bristle_types_and_bloom.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Village cooperatives are also licensed by the national government to hunt and process badgers to avoid their becoming a crop nuisance in rural northern China. The European badger is also used as trim for some traditional [[Scottish dress|Scottish clothing]]. The American badger is also used for [[paintbrush]]es<ref name = hunting/> and as trim for some [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] garments.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Taxidea_taxus.html | title=ADW: Taxidea taxus: Information | work=Animal Diversity Web | access-date=30 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080923095800/http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Taxidea_taxus.html | archive-date= 23 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)