Around the clock surveillance at 16 Northern Ireland badger setts has had total success in keeping them safe from criminal ‘badger baiting’ gangs.
Operation Brockwatch, led by the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and NI Badger Group, was commended at the 32nd Annual National Wildlife Crime Prevention Conference.
The initiative, involving police and landowners, focused on setts previously targeted by “cruel individuals” intent on baiting the protected species with terriers and packs of “vicious dogs”.
