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Pauline’s page
Dear Friends,
We are right in the middle of our busiest usually have sites recorded ready for
time with the facilities bursting at the this year’s cubs but sadly those sites
seams. Thank goodness the staff work are lacking at the moment, so please, if
well under pressure and they really do you have any ideas - do let us know.
work hard to keep up the standard of Hopefully the new badger vaccine will be
care that we like to give all the available to us next year so there will be
casualties that come through our doors. even more confidence in our cubs and
The badger cubs started to come in hopefully more homes will be offered.
from March onwards. After the mention We have been busy with fox cubs as
on the Jonathon Ross show with the well this year and are running at just
Dormouse asleep on the Rose, our first over 30 badger cubs and fox cubs in
cub just had to be Jonathon Ross and house at the moment. The grassed
he even had his photograph shown on enclosures do make such a difference
the programme! After that we decided as they do not require all the cleaning
to go with nursery rhymes if the cubs and it gives the animals the freedom to
had not already been named so the play, forage and act naturally in a safe
kitchen crew consisted of Jonathon, environment. Both Judith and Val, our
Georgie, Porgie, Pudding and Pie, Little permanent staff, have been foster
Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill to name but a mums to fox cubs and have enjoyed
few. There were two sets of cubs watching them grow.
needing to be bottle fed in the kitchen Our Easter weekend and the
so there were cubs still in there when Whitsun weekend were extremely busy
the first roe fawn arrived so he had to and I think having the leaflets explaining
go into the spare bedroom for a few days. the weekends more clearly has helped.
Gordon Monaghan from Springwatch Of course not paying admission is always
came and spent some time with the a bonus and means that the visit suits
cubs which was shown during the all ages and all purses. We have not
programme in May. Based at Don’s sett managed to get the second charity shop
(he has been watching his badgers for off the ground yet but still hope to have
nearly 30 years), Springwatch was very one in the Weston super Mare area.
badger orientated so let’s hope that We have been filming with the 24/7
more people will be against the Cull in crew ready for the next series and also
Wales which is still going ahead. More for a programme with Michaela
news from the Black and White Strachan which will be going out in the
Campaign inside. autumn, John Craven also visited for
All the badger cubs are now in the Country file to discuss the ongoing
Millie Building and most have got Bovine TB problem in cattle. I so hope it
access to outside grassed areas except will be a balanced argument.
for the group of little ones that still have At the moment my kitchen is busy
to grow before they can be let out. We with fawns - Roe and Red but we shall
are again calling for release sites. We have to see how they all get on. They
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