Their versatility has been praised, with some dogs willing to "[be] a house-dog, a gun-dog, a rat-dog, a badger-dog, or, if needed, [to] bolt a fox... ...... Their courage has been compared to a bulldog's, and some dogs have extinguished candles at the request of their owner.
All animals including ferret badgers, dogs and mice that showed clinical signs of infection were killed humanely.
We interviewed family members of case-patients and neighbors about the characteristics of the illness and activities associated with badgers, dogs, and other animals that are potential rabies reservoirs.
The Prussians even bred a dog – the dachshund (badger hound) – to hound the poor beasts out of their setts.
The animals were made a protected species in 1973, mainly in order to prevent badger-baiting setting dogs on badger-baiting setting
"Baiting" bulls, bears and badgers with dogs was made illegal in 1835, and not merely because of concerns over animal welfare.
Digger was one of the "woodland folk," as Hill wrote, initially terrified by the sudden creation of Nascar tracks, but who, with the badgers, prairie dogs, rabbits and beavers, came to love the spectacle.
The Taiwanese Council of Agriculture wants to test whether a new strain of rabies will spread from ferret-badgers to dogs.
The brain tissues from ferret badgers and dogs were assayed by fluorescent antibody test.
