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wordwizard
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0 posted 2004-03-29 01:44 AM



One tunneled animal on the run
another one hunted just for fun
with common traits to short legged creatures
with healthy claws and skunk-like features...


Can contact badger lovers on the web
find out tips on how they're bred
weed out folklore about what ills they cause
take a moment to study them, reflect and pause


Some with greyish faces as the honey one
long when the ferret variety tail's undone
with scent glands to emit unpleasant smells
isn't just the skunk that marks it's trail...

Musk gland lies at the root of its tail
to mark its territory without fail
numbers are controlled, they're seen as pests
roads swathe habitats, erase their setts....

One can scapegoat badgers as a disease source
its easy to blame this wild beast of course,
am appalled at some sadistic measures
control has become more of a pleasure.

© Copyright 2004 ecrivan




[This message has been edited by wordwizard (03-31-2004 10:28 PM).]

© Copyright 2004 Martin Dansky - All Rights Reserved
iliana
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since 2003-12-05
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1 posted 2004-03-29 02:17 AM


Quite a statement!  
EagleScorpion
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since 2000-03-08
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2 posted 2004-03-29 04:21 PM


hey chuck.. lets go shootin badgers.. im hungry fow some badgerburger

death to the badgers!! they are the root of all ev il!! bwuuaaahahahahhaha

...ahem...


i mean.. nice poem.. well done my friend

Grover
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since 2004-01-27
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3 posted 2004-03-29 06:05 PM


Friends Of Badgers Society... why not? A most interesting and educational poem!
wordwizard
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4 posted 2004-03-29 09:43 PM


EagleScorpion

don't see how your comment relates to the nice poem bit..there are that enjoy some heartless cruelity in eliminating the beast for its meat, fur etc...


Grover

thanks for clicking in


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