"This consent decree offers the fastest and most certain path available to EPA to stop the discharge of coal ash from the Badger into Lake Michigan, " said Susan Hedman, EPA regional administrator.

NPR: Deal Requires Ferry To Stop Ash Dumping In 2 Years

The joint operation by police and the RSPCA follows an investigation into badger baiting.

BBC: Badger baiting raids: Three men arrested and dogs seized

Your hosts can also open doors to hard-to-visit wineries, custom-stock your already well-stuffed (and free) minibar, book a chef to prepare dinner in your room, or--in my case--badger a rental car company into swapping out a lemon and delivering the replacement.

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When he did not return, the farmer searched for him on Monday and realised he must have gone into one of the badger setts in the area.

BBC: Border terrier dog rescued from Alvechurch badger sett

We've learnt from the lessons of the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and turned it into a policy that can be delivered and gives us the benefits of culling in the long term.

BBC: Badgers back in the firing line

Google Trends shows a steep climb in searches for the term "honey badger" starting in February, rising into this month.

WSJ: Tyrann Mathieu, LSU's Honey Badger, Stalks the Heisman

Several watering holes in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are already incorporating Bandit Blonde into a signature drink called the Honey Badger, which is named in honor of star LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu.

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It also needs to be extremely thorough, as leaving infection in badger populations is unfair to the badgers that are to be born in the future, or which migrate over time into the cull area, as they will become infected by the populations that we haven't cleaned up.

BBC: Viewpoints: The badger cull