DIDO.1 22,852 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Found a perfect badger skull in a wood today....is it ok to legally keep? I'm sure the law says you can't have and part of a badger in your possession? I'm not arsed I'm keeping it anyway as its awesome but just wanted to check before showing anyone lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbit Hunter 6,613 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I found a perfectly preserved skull in a kick out down in Devon a few years ago, the jawbone still moved perfectly. I brought it home with me but for the life of me I can't remember where I put it!lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ronny Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 World's gone mad if you can't keep a skull of s dead animal .protected or not f**k them.keep it . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,852 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I found a perfectly preserved skull in a kick out down in Devon a few years ago, the jawbone still moved perfectly. I brought it home with me but for the life of me I can't remember where I put it!lol This is the same! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,852 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) World's gone mad if you can't keep a skull of s dead animal .protected or not f**k them.keep it . I'm keeping it....just wanted to check Edited December 13, 2016 by DIDO.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protected Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protected It's an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act if a person has in their possession "any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger" I'd say that covers a skull but I'm sure you'll be alright as long as you don't start waving it around in front of the RSPCA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protected It's an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act if a person has in their possession "any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger" I'd say that covers a skull but I'm sure you'll be alright as long as you don't start waving it around in front of the RSPCA. Surely there's got to be more to it than that quote you've dug up. (No offence but I've no interest in reading through the full Act ) If you legally stumbled across it then what's the issue? What happens if your digging a veg plot, pond, shallow grave etc and you happen across badger remains. Does the job stop and you call someone in? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I'm worried now - I've got one in the shed ! My lurcher found it in a hedgerow - jaw still attached - little f***er wouldn't give it up ! Can I really get in trouble for keeping it ? (It's missing a couple of teeth, but it keeps the good lady out of my shed !) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protected It's an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act if a person has in their possession "any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger" I'd say that covers a skull but I'm sure you'll be alright as long as you don't start waving it around in front of the RSPCA. What if you have, in your possession, "any LIVE badger, or any part of......" ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protected It's an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act if a person has in their possession "any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger" I'd say that covers a skull but I'm sure you'll be alright as long as you don't start waving it around in front of the RSPCA. What if you have, in your possession, "any LIVE badger, or any part of......" ? Is the shite protected too?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Get it mounted. The remains won't be protectedIt's an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act if a person has in their possession "any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger"I'd say that covers a skull but I'm sure you'll be alright as long as you don't start waving it around in front of the RSPCA. Surely there's got to be more to it than that quote you've dug up. (No offence but I've no interest in reading through the full Act )If you legally stumbled across it then what's the issue? What happens if your digging a veg plot, pond, shallow grave etc and you happen across badger remains. Does the job stop and you call someone in? No need to dig anything up, that was from memory after actually looking up the act I see there is exemptions for dead badgers/parts of badgers if you can prove they weren't killed in contravention of the Protection of Badgers Act, who knows what would count as acceptable proof of that though. Here's the relevant sections: (3)A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he has in his possession or under his control any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger. (4)A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above if he shows that (a)the badger had not been killed, or had been killed otherwise than in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the M1Badgers Act 1973; or (b)the badger or other thing in his possession or control had been sold (whether to him or any other person) and, at the time of the purchase, the purchaser had had no reason to believe that the badger had been killed in contravention of any of those provisions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,545 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I picked up a badgers skull for a guy thats got a bearded dragon he cleans all the skulls and put them in its tank 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,858 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Stick it up in a tree fork, and make a few stick people to hang up there,and then watch passers freak out that there might be a witchcraft cult about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 30,162 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just incase anyone is worried about the head or simular rare and endangered species, (because badgers are really rare and need all the help they can get )I think if you write to defra and explain the circumstances of your find they will give you a document, I had to do it last year when a sparrow hawk hit my mates window and died, know one would stuff the bird without the letter, but once obtained all was good and the bird was stuffed vigorously and legally 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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