Every night, So Cruise, my collie cross and I go out around the combe, observing and looking after the welfare of foxes and badgers. For the past year, the three main animals have been the one-eyed fox, 'One-eye', the one eyed badger boar and 'Becbla' a totally blind vixen and it's always a satisfying if all three are sighted and fed. Tonight (early hours today, actually) was such a night with the blind vixen venturing out to be fed, dodging the attentions of two young badger sows who were intent on mugging her. The old one-eyed badger boar appeared and trotted alongside us to the appointed feeding place on a strip of grass where he snatched a banana and then guzzled down some chub, a handful of peanuts and finished off with some chicken scraps. Old One-Eye was waiting for us, looking furtively around for the new batch of young foxes who were bold enough to attack the old fox and snatch his food.
I haven't been taking any footage of our 'Night Patrols' recently, but plan to in the next few days. It needs quite a bit of preparation - tricky holding the camcorder and directing the lighting.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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