A female badger is ready to mate at four months of age, where as it takes the male badger to the next summer to be ready for mating. A badger s main enemy is the man. At this time their fur is not worth much, so we have no need to trap or hunt these animals. Making them pretty safe creatures. A badger would most likely run away or dig itself a burrow to get away from human contact.
Badgers are very helpful to humans, due to the fact they keep the rodent population down.
These rodents carry disease or would damage the crops of the farmers. One reason for farmers not to like the badger is the many burrows that they dig. This is hazardous for livestock or horses in fields. The livestock will step into these burrows and break their legs. Due to the fact that cities and towns are growing, the badger s habitat is getting smaller.