Object

• sett: Q12 A ban would prevent further damage to badger setts etc. Q 13 The actual act of hunting is non-selective of the quarry species.

Converse of object

• kill: MAFF will not be killing badgers in the ' closed season ' from 1 February to 30 April.

• exterminate: That study claims to have achieved huge reductions in bovine TB by exterminating badgers.

• snare: The cage, laced with peanuts, was intended to snare any badger tempted by the easy meal.

• disturb: How do I go about getting a license to disturb a badger set?

Adjective modifier

• injured: We treat injured badgers, where appropriate in our holding pens.

• diseased: The culling of diseased badgers was never going to be popular.

• Eurasian: One of these ( genus Meles ) includes the Eurasian badger which is found in Britain.

Modifies a noun

• sett: There is an active badger sett in the corner nearest the station.

• cull: This year the government badger cull starts in May.

• cub: Badgers Two young badger cubs, courtesy of Gerald James.

• baiters: It seems that badger baiters are back in Welford.

• digging: Group member Pat Hartley said badger digging still occurs.

• tong: The absence of specialized equipment, such as badger tongs, or delving rods for tracing tunnels.

Present participle complement

• cull: Furthermore, badger culling must be carried out humanely.