The police have been educating the public about how they combat different types of wildlife crime. Operation Badger is a national police response to badger crime, which includes badger baiting, badger sett disturbance and animal cruelty offences against badgers. Badgers are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside act 1981 and the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, and badger baiting has been illegal in England since 1835 under the Cruelty to Animals Act. Baiting involves putting a small dog into badger setts while people dig the badgers out and then attack the animals or take them away to take …
