Graeme Wilson said the badger had become too used to humans to be released back into the wild
- Published3 November 2026
An ecologist in the Scottish Borders is fighting to be allowed to keep a badger that he saved from starvation.
Graeme Wilson was called out to help the cub, called Harriet, in April after she was found in a cattle trough 100m (300ft) from her sett.
Wilson nursed the badger back to health but believes she was hand-reared prior to this, and it would be impossible to return her to the wild.
