Brighton badger dies after being repeatedly shot by yobs

3:40pm Monday 11th June 2012 in News By Peter Truman

Yobs left a badger riddled with shot after repeatedly blasting at it with an air gun.

The creature was discovered by Roger Musselle, of Roger’s Wildlife Rescue, in Falmer, after it had been hit by a car.

It was emaciated and had a severely broken rear leg with major infection around the wound.

But he discovered the animal had been the victim of cruelty when it was taken to Coastway Vets in Brighton.

Vet Bronwen Eastwood found the badger, which is protected by law, had been shot numerous times.

Because of all these problems, the badger could not be saved and was put to sleep.

Mr Musselle said: “I am appalled by acts of violence and cruelty towards our wildlife these days which seems to be on the increase.

“Badgers are totally protected by law but this seems to make no difference to people. It is really sad.

“I imagine it is just people having a bit of fun rather than a farmer, who would have used a better weapon.

“Badgers are such trusting creatures and do not do anybody any harm.

“It is almost every day we get called out now.

“People do not seem to have enough feeling for the surrounding environment and the countryside.”

Mr Musselle said boredom could never be an excuse for cruelty to animals and urged people to come forward if they saw incidents. He added: “It’s up to everyone to keep their eyes and ears open for this sort of thing going on and be ready to report offenders immediately to the police.

“It’s only with prosecutions that this antisocial behaviour will be stamped out.”

To report the shooting of an animal call 101.

Comments(15)

Crystal Ball says...
3:55pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Poor defenceless creature taunted and hurt by people who are not fit to be classed as human beings. I would happily inflict the same (and much much more) on the little shitehwaks who did this.

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vogon1 says...
4:13pm Mon 11 Jun 12

It's about time we started punishing scumbags who do this sort of thing. Cut their **** fingers off. They won't be shooting anything then. Bastards

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Retired Loon in Brighton says...
4:15pm Mon 11 Jun 12

What complete scum. It should not be assumed these evil cowards were children or adolescent. Grown men continue badger baiting (digging badgers out of sets and breaking their back legs with shovels before tearing them to pieces with their dogs). They seem to usually be strongly right wing people and want to see unrestricted fox hunting brought back by the Tories.

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Seagull83 says...
4:51pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Badgers are protected species so can only hope that when they find these disgrace of human benigs they are prosecuted...maybe we can shoot them with an air rifle repeatedly.

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MIDNIGHT COWBOY says...
4:53pm Mon 11 Jun 12

What a truly evil thing to do committed by sadists. I really hope they are caught and some unpleasant punishment catches up with them.

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davyboy says...
7:46pm Mon 11 Jun 12

only one word to describe these people; SCUM!

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steve vallance says...
8:30pm Mon 11 Jun 12

I have just read with utter horror the news about that poor badger that had to be put down after being treated so horribly by so called human beings. This just reinforces a belief I have held for some time now, that we live in a world riddled with heartless scum. I hope these people on reflection, realise just how much they have let down all the decent people who respect these beautiful protected creatures..

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mimseycal says...
10:30pm Mon 11 Jun 12

I doubt reflection is is something these trigger happy louts are capable of.

What that poor animal must have suffered before being hit by that car ...

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longman says...
11:26pm Mon 11 Jun 12

Yet more examples of the ignorant excuses for human beings that we have to tolerate in this country. Poor badger.

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Rabid says...
4:49am Tue 12 Jun 12

It's only a badger. No need for all this wailing and gnashing of teeth. Real real people.

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thewhitehawker says...
9:24am Tue 12 Jun 12

How ignorant is everyone ! They have already linked badgers with tuberculosis carriers and the spread to livestock and a cull is already under way , so they are not a protected species !

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mimseycal says...
9:54am Tue 12 Jun 12

thewhitehawker wrote:
How ignorant is everyone ! They have already linked badgers with tuberculosis carriers and the spread to livestock and a cull is already under way , so they are not a protected species !
It isn't only a badger. It is the indiscriminate shooting of a sentient being.

That has nowt to do with whether or not there is a cull or not. A legitimate cull would act responsibly and not shoot an animal and then leave it to wander about wounded and in pain.

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billy goat-gruff says...
10:36am Tue 12 Jun 12

Despicable, but hardly surprising when our 'betters' are setting such a bad example, hunting and shooting anything that breathes!

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gaz scott says...
11:22am Tue 12 Jun 12

thewhitehawker wrote:
How ignorant is everyone ! They have already linked badgers with tuberculosis carriers and the spread to livestock and a cull is already under way , so they are not a protected species !
I agree these creatures are vermin so one badger being shot is really no big issue at all.

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mimseycal says...
11:25am Tue 12 Jun 12

Missing the point again gaz scott and after it was spelled out too ... tut tut and tsk tsk

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