Five Hurt in Badger Rampage
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LONDON (Reuters) - An angry domesticated badger savaged five people, leaving one man so seriously injured he needed skin grafts, and chased away pursuing police officers during a 48-hour rampage through a quiet English town.



One-year-old Boris launched what experts described as unprecedented attacks after finding himself hungry, alone and frightened after being stolen or released from a wildlife visitor center where he had been hand-reared and hand-fed.


"I have been involved with badgers for 24 years and I have never heard of anything like this, nor has anyone I have spoken to," Mike Weaver, chairman of the Worcestershire Badger Society told Reuters on Tuesday.


Weaver was brought in by police to catch Boris, who had bitten the five victims' arms and legs after getting loose near Evesham, Worcestershire, in central England.


The officers themselves had been chased onto the bonnet of their car as they tried to round up Boris, who was later put down.


Weaver said badgers were notoriously powerful animals and the incident showed the folly of trying to turn wild animals into pets.

They say those things can take down prey over five times their bulk.

those dumb brits dont they know its called a hood not a bonnet :rolleyes:

i had one as a pet as a kid. had animal control called on us :D
she used to chase after me in the yard and then tackle me around the ankles. then i would pick her up and throw her and it would start all over again :flipoff2:
she also liked to be flipped on her back and slid across the linolium floor into the refrigerator :eek: wierd fawking critter. once she was a full adult we gave her to a wildlife reserve and mingled back into the wildlife.
i had a lot of fawked up pets as a kid

Originally posted by usmcdoc14

i fawked a lot of pets as a kid

:eek::eek::eek::eek:




:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Buddha's Ghost
They say those things can take down prey over five times their bulk.


I saw a lot of badgers growing up in Wisconsin. They can be
one MEAN little critter when cornered or pissed off. Even black
bears are hesitant to mess with a badger. :eek:

I saw one get run over on the highway once,it walked away.

We used to chase them around at a pipe farm.Lots of fun.
The badger would be freaking out hissing and shit trying to claw the air with it's teeth bared but it couldn't jump fortunately.
There was a real danger of falling between the lenghts of pipe when they would roll back and forth.

for us south eastern folk WTF is a badger?

Another reason for police to have guns...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by TR
for us south eastern folk WTF is a badger?
Its like a really pissed off skunk but nowhere near as stinky...:D
http://www.badgers.org.uk/

Originally posted by TR
for us south eastern folk WTF is a badger?





http://www.badgerland.co.uk/main.html

Here's another pic. Notice the size of the claws. :eek:

Here's something just as mean.
Even though Michigan is the "Wolverine" state they're not native here, go figure.

Originally posted by ForestCam
Here's something just as mean.
Even though Michigan is the "Wolverine" state they're not native here, go figure.


Those things are NASTY. They've been know to tear a 300lb bear apart.
Not to shabby for a 60lb animal.

Worcestershire Badger Society :confused:

Originally posted by LordRatner
:confused:


Bet you always wondered what they make Worcestershire sauce from didn't ya?:D

I love the simpsons where the badger takes over the dog house.

'hey rod and tod can we borrow your woodpecker'
'sure but we need him back, bc todays his birthday'

BADGERS? WE DON'T NEED TO STINKIN' BADGERS!



I just can't believe nobody said it first..

-tom

Anyone else see the problem here???? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by ukjeeper
Anyone else see the problem here???? :rolleyes:

This?

Well, yeah ok, apart from his crappy spelling, punctuation, etc.. :D

I was kinda wondering how someone who says "thanks for speaking English" makes fun of something written in ENGLISH?!?! :confused:

Originally posted by ukjeeper
Well, yeah ok, apart from his crappy spelling, punctuation, etc.. :D

I was kinda wondering how someone who says "thanks for speaking English" makes fun of something written in ENGLISH?!?! :confused:

That too. I underlined that.

Originally posted by R O


We used to chase them around at a pipe farm.....

Okay I gotta ask: What the heck is a "pipe farm"???

fatkid has been working on a breeding program involving badgers and ferrets. I'm not really sure what he's trying to achieve :confused:

Originally posted by Mustard Dog
fatkid has been working on a breeding program involving badgers and ferrets. I'm not really sure what he's trying to achieve :confused:

do *pipe farms* come in to play?

Originally posted by Mustard Dog
fatkid has been working on a breeding program involving badgers and ferrets. I'm not really sure what he's trying to achieve :confused:

Is he trying to breed the beter gerbil?

Like the fortune cookie says, "Build a better gerbil, and the world will beat a path to your door."

-tom

Originally posted by LandCroozer


Is he trying to breed the beter gerbil?

Like the fortune cookie says, "Build a better gerbil, and the world will beat a path to your door."

-tom

I think that research has been endorsed by Richard Gere. :confused:

I had a badger chase me down a farm road for about a mile, in the dark, bacause I setup my telescope too close to it's den. Fawker snuck up on me, started screaming (they sound like a little kid with it's hand slammed in the door), and I started running. This woulda been in Wisconsin Ya Know.

Originally posted by 0ILBURNER


Okay I gotta ask: What the heck is a "pipe farm"???

http://mexcity.8m.com/images/mex-pridecowboys.jpg

Pipe farm regulars shown above.

Originally posted by 0ILBURNER


Okay I gotta ask: What the heck is a "pipe farm"???

It's an area with LOTS of pipe waiting to be utilized.
The one i'm reffering to was in Evanston Wyo.They were there during the development of two gas plant.
It's longs lengths of various diameter pipe sitting on what were basiacally saw horses.


Hey Ebuck,you must be the one in the pink!do your boyfriends know you posted them on the internet?:flipoff2: