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    Badgers

    Red fox standing in the garden with flowers near the house in a suburb of London. © DG Wildlife/Getty
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    How to identify animal droppings

    Badger at entrance to a sett/Credit: Getty Images
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    European badger guide: habitat, diet and where to see

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    Look out for Britain’s ‘Big Five’ this spring

    Culling of badgers in the Republic of Ireland will be replaced with vaccination, but the government has not said when control efforts will stop. © MikeLane45/iStock
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    Irish badger cull to end

    All illustrations by Brin Edwards (not to exact scale)
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    How to identify animal tracks and trails

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