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Simon Roper — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:02:10 +0000

Just a note to say that the Glastonbury Abbey BioBlitz date has now moved to 22 July. On the subject of badger sett location data – I feel the sensitivities around this are unfounded re: potential interference to setts. A Police Wildlife Liaison Officer told me that badger setts which are known to the public are, in fact, better protected. Anyone wanting to get up to no good with badgers will want to find an out of site, out of the way, quiet place where any illegal activity remains undetected. The most vulnerable badger setts are therefore those well away from roads, in ‘hidden’ valleys, and probably not known to many local people. Indeed, I have come across such illegal activity in just such places! Apart from this point, however, there is also the ‘attachment’ to ‘my’ badgers, which does tend to create a notion that they are ‘safer’ if no one else knows where they are …. when in fact, probably lots of people know…. An interesting aspect of human/animal interaction

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