badgers on Somerset Dailyhttps://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/badgers/Recent content in badgers on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 07 Jul 2026 12:07:37 +0000Men Charged After Hunt Hounds Damage Protected Badger Setthttps://somersetdaily.co.uk/men-charged-after-hunt-hounds-damage-protected-badger-sett/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:07:37 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/men-charged-after-hunt-hounds-damage-protected-badger-sett/Two men are due to appear in court following allegations that their hunting hounds damaged a badger sett. Charlie Thomas, 33, from Flemingstone, and Sam Colbourn, 35, from Chewton Mendip, are scheduled to face charges today, July 7, at Yeovil Magistrates’ Court. The pair are accused of interfering with a badger sett—the complex network of tunnels used by badgers for shelter—during an incident on December 13 of last year in Priddy.