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I've seen pictures of people in the UK holding badgers, having badgers feed in their backyards etc. The badgers in the US are known for being sort of bad tempered, assertive, even aggressive. We don't seem to have that many, they seem pretty solitary and the idea of a bunch of them eating in someones backyard seems pretty unlikely.
I tried googling but though well I'll ask! Are they different species or something? How common are UK badgers and what are they like?
Yes, I had read some of that. Different genus btw American and European, they were gassed, their hair is used for brushes etc.
But no details on the real differences between the two behaviorally other than one is more a hunting carnivore (American) than the other).
Badgers seem to be very popular in Britain in that there are 60 groups that are about badgers, promoting and protecting badgers and places to go on badger watching trips! which is very different than the US where I don't think many people think about them at all. They aren't as common and I get the idea that they are far "less cuddly" in temperment - hence the question.
I would like confirmation if anyone with experience comes along. Are UK Badgers....less agressive?
I don't know anything about American badgers but I think most people in the UK think they are pretty cute. Except farmers. It is widely held that badgers spread bovine TB, which can be disastrous for beef and dairy farmers.
Badgers are a protected species in the UK but there have been trials to cull them in areas where there are cattle. This always meets with a huge outcry from most people (or at least the townies amongst us) who don't like to think of them being gassed/poisoned.
Still don't understand. I wonder if the more carnivorous American badger is just actually more ferocious in part because of its carnivours status?
Oh well.
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in temperment - hence the question. 
