We provide a service to implement techniques such as the installation of badger protection mesh for the management of Badgers and a specialist service for the control of American Mink.
For more information please contact us on 01270 619147.
Badgers (Meles meles)
The European Badger is the United Kingdom's (UK) largest native carnivore. Under the Protection of Badgers Act of 1992 it is an offence to kill a badger or to interfere with a sett without first obtaining a licence from Natural England.
Badgers can cause a great deal of damage to gardens when digging for food such as Chaffer Grubs, and it has long been believed by farmers and scientists that Badgers can transmit Bovine TB to cattle. Tests in the 1970's proved that TB was more common in Badgers than any other species.
We can conduct Badger surveys; treat gardens for grubs; construct permanent and temporary Badger fences to prevent Badgers from gaining access; install Badger gates; as well as the construction of artificial Badger setts and the relocation of Badgers under licence from Natural England.
American Mink (Mustela vison)
American Mink are not native to the United Kingdom and as such under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is illegal to release Mink into the wild.
The entire American Mink population in the UK has been derived from American Mink kept at Fur farms which have either escaped or been illegally released intentionally.
The effects that American Mink can have on the native wildlife is devastating, they can and will kill and take Rabbits, Ducks, Water Voles, Shrews, Fish, Frogs, Moorhens, Rats, Birds (including ground nesting and song birds) and their eggs. It has been known for Mink to totally wipe out populations of fish in lakes and fisheries; they have also been linked to the decline of Water Voles in the UK.
