Show More Respect To Our Dead Badgers!

The Amazing Animal News office was horrified earlier today at the brazen dishonouring of a dead badger by road workers in Somerset, UK. The heartless yobs painted a road marking over the fallen mustelidaen hero. Even in death it seems that animals are not safe from mocking and mistreatment.

It's Official: Animal Crime On The Rise - Violent Badger Destroys Lives

Violent Teen Badger Hooligan

Innocent Badger Victim

A rogue badger attacked five people during a 48-hour rampage in a quiet suburb Thursday.

One man required two skin graft operations, after the badger woke him up and attacked him when he went outside to investigate.

Other victims included a man who was attacked as he walked home from a pub, in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Mike Weaver, from the Worcestershire Badger Society, said: "I have never heard of anything like this in 24 years of work with badgers throughout the UK."

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