To protect and preserve Lancashire’s badgers and their setts from persecution and criminal activities by means of regular monitoring and by educating the public of the existence of badgers in their area. Also increasing awareness of the needs of badgers and to the mutual benefits of badgers co-existing peacefully with them.
Ecology and Behaviour
Badgers are shy, nocturnal animals that live in underground chambers connected by a network of tunnels (a sett).
Threats and Persecution
Badgers have no natural predator yet are one of the most timid animals in our countryside. Their greatest threat is man.
Bovine Tuberculosis
Lancashire’s badgers remain free of bTb. Incidences of bTb in Lancashire’s cattle still remain comparatively very low.
