Why Did I Write About Badgers?

Badgers are an iconic but often controversial part of British wildlife. Loved on the one hand and portrayed affectionately in literature, for example, in The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) and Badger’s Parting Gift (Susan Varley), though less kindly drawn in Watership Down (Richard Adams) with its “eyes full of savage cunning…” Nevertheless, badgers […]