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| Isle of Wight: Two badgers rescued from island cliff falls | |
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| After being hauled up the cliff from the beach the badger was given a hot water bottle to warm up and taken to the vets | After being hauled up the cliff from the beach the badger was given a hot water bottle to warm up and taken to the vets |
| Two badgers have been rescued following cliff falls. | Two badgers have been rescued following cliff falls. |
| Badger Trust Isle of Wight were first called to Whale Chine Beach on the Isle of Wight's southern coast on Sunday. | Badger Trust Isle of Wight were first called to Whale Chine Beach on the Isle of Wight's southern coast on Sunday. |
| A badger was stuck after it fell to the beach when the cliff collapsed. | A badger was stuck after it fell to the beach when the cliff collapsed. |
| Found to be "very cold but feisty" with a wound on its hindquarters, it was hauled up the cliff in a cage and warmed with a hot water bottle. | Found to be "very cold but feisty" with a wound on its hindquarters, it was hauled up the cliff in a cage and warmed with a hot water bottle. |
| The Badger Trust said it then rescued a second badger trapped partially up a cliff in Bembridge, about 15 miles (24km) away. Both were taken to Carisbrooke Vets for treatment. | The Badger Trust said it then rescued a second badger trapped partially up a cliff in Bembridge, about 15 miles (24km) away. Both were taken to Carisbrooke Vets for treatment. |
| Volunteers hauled the badger up the steep cliff using ropes | Volunteers hauled the badger up the steep cliff using ropes |
| The trust said unfortunately the badger from the second rescue, reported by RSPCA Godshill, had been found "in a very bad way". | The trust said unfortunately the badger from the second rescue, reported by RSPCA Godshill, had been found "in a very bad way". |
| Volunteer Graham Lee who helped rescue the creature said "it had been outside in the cold and was injured... sadly on welfare grounds it had to be put to sleep." | Volunteer Graham Lee who helped rescue the creature said "it had been outside in the cold and was injured... sadly on welfare grounds it had to be put to sleep." |
| He added the first rescue up the sheer cliff from the sandy beach was "physically exhausting" and "one of the hardest badger rescues that we have done". | He added the first rescue up the sheer cliff from the sandy beach was "physically exhausting" and "one of the hardest badger rescues that we have done". |
| He said the other badger remained at the vets receiving treatment and tender loving care and hoped it would be released when it had recovered. | He said the other badger remained at the vets receiving treatment and tender loving care and hoped it would be released when it had recovered. |
| The volunteers thanked a fossil hunter who reported the shivering badger to them and stayed to help rescue it from the remote beach. | The volunteers thanked a fossil hunter who reported the shivering badger to them and stayed to help rescue it from the remote beach. |
| Volunteers said the rescue from Whale Chine Beach up the cliff to Military Road was "one of the hardest badger rescues that we have done" | Volunteers said the rescue from Whale Chine Beach up the cliff to Military Road was "one of the hardest badger rescues that we have done" |
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