The animal was found butchered to death on a farm in West Cornwall - an aggressive attack that has left the area shocked. West Cornwall Hunt Saboteurs posted a photograph of the badger on its Facebook page, stating the animal had its stomach slit open front to back with its intestines wrapped around its mouth in a “ritual-style killing”. A former member of West Cornwall Badger Group said: "I have been involved with 'badger rescue' for over 20 years in West Cornwall and have the unfortunate experience of seeing at first hand injuries to these animals. "Sometimes they are inflicted by other badgers, sometimes caused by road traffic accidents and other times gunshot or snare wounds . (Image: Getty Images)"The thought that someone had taken considerable time to do this, out of sight in a field beggars any explanation.

Source: Daily Mirror December 12, 2019 01:07 UTC