Badgers are the countryside's vacuum cleaners. They tidy up a lot of wildlife. Left unchecked, however, and they can suck up the rug with the dust. Sweden has an active management programme for badgers carried out by local hunters. Tim Pilbeam joins them on a badger hunt.

This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 365 http://bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain365

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