Badgers

I love badgers.  Therefore this story in the Daily Mail really made me smile.

Sick badger cub found with umbilical cord attached and weighing just 100 grams is nursed back to health

By Tara Brady


When a tiny badger cub was found abandoned and completely helpless it didn't look like she would survive. 
With her umbilical cord still attached and weighing just 100 grams, any longer on her own and she would have died. 
But now the tiny black and white critter has been nursed back to help and has been aptly named Hope.

Critter: The little badger survived being abandoned by her mother and is now doing well

Staff at Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, in Somerset, feed the baby badger through a syringe every two hours around the clock.


It is believed Hope's mum gave birth in a nearby set before taking her offspring into a summerhouse in Crewkerne, Somerset.

Cute: Hope the baby badger is kept warm by animal welfare staff at Secret World

Another injured badger was found next to her but it is not believed she was her real mother.

Alive: Hope is fed through a syringe every two hours around the clock to keep her alive

Mum Kaye James raised the alarm when she went to the summerhouse to collect the feed for her chickens. She said: 'The seed was scattered all over the place and there sticking out from behind our sofa was a long grey tail.'
Secret World has recently launched a £4.4 million Call of the Wild Appeal for a new Wildlife Animal Hospital at the sanctuary.
Author Sir Terry Pratchet helped start the appeal after being wowed by the centre's selfless work.