Why did people used to hunt badgers?
A badger is a strong powerful animal, that now has no natural predators in the UK. A badger will fight very fiercely against other badgers (to defend it’s territory). It will also fight any other foe in the same aggressive manner (this is why you should never approach an injured badger closely unless you have help from a number of experts). In a fight between a badger and one or more powerful dogs, it will take a long time, a lot of cruelty and a lot of bloodshed before either the badger or the dog is killed. For people who relish blood-sports, this is all part of the “fun” and the “excitement” (this probably explains why like-minded members of the hunt ride miles and miles across the countryside to watch a fox be torn to pieces by a pack of dogs). A long-lasting fight prolongs the “entertainment”, and it makes for more money to be made by illegal bookies to take bets on whether the badger or the dog will “win”. Often though, the badger would succeed in killing the dog, so the badger m
