Editing Badger (section)

=== Badger gates ===
[[File:Badger gate, Edston Hill - geograph.org.uk - 6422240.jpg|thumb|Badger gate]]
When protecting woodlands from deer and rabbit, installing fences in badger territory can be problematic. Because badgers are persistent and strong, if fences are placed across their "runs"—established foraging and travel paths—they may well dig through or under, damaging the fence and leaving openings that rabbits can get through. Ideally, badger runs should be identified before fence construction begins. The gateways are constructed in stages over time to ensure that badgers are using the manmade openings instead of damaging the new fence: starting with leaving a cut opening in the fence at ground level, later laying a floor (threshold), later still framing the opening, and eventually hanging a small free-swinging door that is heavy enough that rabbits don't seem to learn how to push them open. The recommended door size is 18 by 25 cm and weighs about 1.1 kg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Management of Problems Involving Badgers (Meles meles) |first1=Charles J |last1=Wilson |first2=Roger G |last2=Symes |via=PennState |publisher=[[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)]] |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=99cacb85b893c68e76c5c345d3d843cb1b8e1cd4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Badger Gates (FC Leaflet 68) |first=Judith J |last=Rowe |year=1976 |publisher=[[Forestry Commission]] |url=https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications/archive-badger-gates-fc-leaflet-68-1976/}}</ref>

With a special license, badger fencing and one-way gates may be installed to exclude resident badgers from an area being developed.{{r|development}}