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As many of you will know, Pat and I have struggled to find enough time
to do all the things that could (and should) be done for Badger Trust
Sussex for some while now. It was therefore a great relief when Stuart
Paton joined our group and actively became involved and assisted on
many fronts. I was particularly pleased when he offered to do the
Newsletter as I do very much appreciate how important internal
communications are to the group. Apart from the couple of handfuls of
people who turn up at the open meetings (yes we do still have them on
the second Tuesday of every month from September through to June
with the exception of January) we dont get to update any of you on
just what is happening in the badger world. As I say, I was pleased and
it came as a great relief. However, it was short-lived as barely had I
relaxed when Stuart asked me to write an editorial! Well at least that is
better than writing the whole thing.
I am sure that elsewhere in this newsletter you will be able to read that
we do still function. Stuart himself has been involved with many
issues/projects and our gallant band of field officers continues to help
whenever they can. That acknowledged, there is no doubt that we
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need to improve. In common with just about every other badger group
and many other voluntary organisations, we could do with a lot more
active members
I could easily quickly highlight some of our achievements and
escapades but that would be stealing Stuarts thunder as I know he
has much to report and many images to back up his text. So I will wish
him every bit of good luck with his task, ask you all to send him a
contribution to the newsletter if you can, but most importantly ask you
all to consider becoming a bit more active yourselves and to
encourage others to join.
Jeff Hayden
Old Ed.
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Bob or Bobbett
Events
Pat and Jeff Hayden have
had the Badger Trust
Sussex stall out to many
events this last year They
have been attempting to
raise funds for the group
They have been out in
East Grinstead, Uckfield
Brighton and other parts
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East Grinstead
September 2012 BT-S
were called out to a road
in East Grinstead by a
man who was trying to sell
his house but had a large
quantity of earth coming in
from his neighbour. We
discovered that the
neighbour had what
appeared to be a small
sett under the garage.
Badgers had been seen
but no one at that property
was worried as they were
tenants. Roll forward to
May 2014 and we were
recalled to the same
addresses this time by the
new occupants who had
purchased the old rented
house. They were worried
Crime or No Crime
BT-S were contacted by a
lady who stated that she
had spotted a badger
dead at the side of the
road about two weeks
previously, but did not
think much about it at the
time as there are a lot of
setts in the area. While
she was passing it again
she thought there was a
black cord around the
badgers neck and notice a
number of puncture
wounds on the body she
called the RSPCA who
passed it onto BT-S
When seen as reported
there appeared to be a
black cord or packing tape
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we continue to strive to
record as many as
possible. If it is not
recorded then we havent
been told about it.
If you have an incident
and you want it recorded
then please email the
sanitised details to
Ian@scottishbadgers.org.uk
Sett Management.
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Next Issue:
If you would like to
contribute to future issues
of the newsletter you can
submit an Badger related
artical of about 150 words
to Stuart Paton at
Badger1062@icloud.com
A reminder: We have open
meetings at 7:30pm on the
second Tuesday of every
month from September
through to June with the
exception of January. These
are held in
The Centenary Hall, St
Wilfrids Way,Haywards