A vulnerable badger was rescued by an animal charity after it was spotted on the edge of an elevated part of the M5 motorway. The animal was curled up on the side of the motorway on a ledge - with a drop of more than 100 metres on the other side.
Animal rescuers coordinated with the highway police to close off the M5 between Clevedon and Easton in Gordano, Somerset, on Saturday. Pictures showed workers from Secret World Wildlife Rescue netting the creature and loading it into a cage. A member of the public spotted the animal who was thought to be in distress while driving past.
Secret World Wildlife Rescue said in a statement: "At 4pm in the afternoon, a member of the public noticed a badger curled up on the side of the elevated M5 between Clevedon and Easton in Gordano. She sent us a video and we were very concerned, as it was in a typical badger position, with its head covered by its paws, so we knew there was every chance it was still alive even though it must have been there all day.
