TheresaW
Well-Known Member
I almost ran over a hedgehog last week on my way up the yard in the morning. He was in the middle of the road, but luckily, at 5 in the morning, there was no traffic so I could go around him. (May have been a her). It's the first hedgehog I've seen for a few years.
A few years ago, OH and I were on our way to take my parents to the airport in the early hours of the morning. A badger ran out in front of the car and we ran over it. It was killed outright and OH did move it to the side of the road so nobody else later ran into it. Badger didn't have a mark on it, but did cause £3500 worth of damage to the car.
Clodagh on here is a friend of mine and on one of my visits to her farm she showed me a Larsen trap they were using. I had never seen one before and wasn't sure how I felt about it, but can hand on heart say that the decoy bird didn't seem overly stressed until it saw us coming. I do understand the need for culling, and I have also seen how ill my horse got on a yard I was on years ago that was overrun with pigeons that the YO was too soft to deal with.
A few years ago, OH and I were on our way to take my parents to the airport in the early hours of the morning. A badger ran out in front of the car and we ran over it. It was killed outright and OH did move it to the side of the road so nobody else later ran into it. Badger didn't have a mark on it, but did cause £3500 worth of damage to the car.
Clodagh on here is a friend of mine and on one of my visits to her farm she showed me a Larsen trap they were using. I had never seen one before and wasn't sure how I felt about it, but can hand on heart say that the decoy bird didn't seem overly stressed until it saw us coming. I do understand the need for culling, and I have also seen how ill my horse got on a yard I was on years ago that was overrun with pigeons that the YO was too soft to deal with.