The mating season got a bit rough for an albino badger who was found cowering in an outdoor toilet with tooth marks in his rump.
The rare stripe-less badger was apparently on the wrong end of a love
rival and taken in by the RSPCA at Taunton after being found in
Beaminster, Dorset, on Saturday.
RSPCA wildlife center supervisor Paul Oaten said: "Albino badgers are fairly rare so to have one admitted to the center only happens once in a blue moon. This poor badger came in to us with territorial bite wounds on his neck and rump, but other than that he is in good condition.
"He has been seen by the vet and had the wounds cleaned up and will be undergoing a course of antibiotics. We see a lot of badgers with these kind of injuries throughout February and March as it is when they are most territorial. With the females having given birth in February, they are ready to mate again straight away so males are competing for females."
RSPCA wildlife center supervisor Paul Oaten said: "Albino badgers are fairly rare so to have one admitted to the center only happens once in a blue moon. This poor badger came in to us with territorial bite wounds on his neck and rump, but other than that he is in good condition.
"He has been seen by the vet and had the wounds cleaned up and will be undergoing a course of antibiotics. We see a lot of badgers with these kind of injuries throughout February and March as it is when they are most territorial. With the females having given birth in February, they are ready to mate again straight away so males are competing for females."
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