Photo Source: Badgerland
At least five times a year, Pauline Kidner receives a most unusual package: an orphaned badger cub. This time, it’s little Chestnut, an infant of about five or six weeks old. Somewhat battered and worse for the wear, Chestnut desperately needs Pauline’s expert first aid. It’s a tough world out there for badgers. People shoot them. Predators maul them. So it’s lucky that there are individuals like Pauline who are willing and able to reverse the damage. Long-time residents of Pauline’s native England, badgers are highlysocial animals that live in defined family territories. View the video on First Science
Pauline Kidner, one of the UK’s more famous badger rescuers, runs Secret World – a farm environment (based in rural Somerset), that homes and cares for sick and injured animals, returning them to the wild wherever possible.
Pauline’s Books
Glade’s Journey- Stories from an Animal Hospital
“Life with Bluebell” and Other Stories from an Animal Orphanage
Contact
Pauline Kidner
Secret World, New Road Farm, East Huntspill, Near Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3PZ
Phone 01278 – 783 250
Email pauline@secretworld.org