Originally Posted by
De Layne
Hi All,
To help reassure some squeamish readers (and for any members of PETA reading this), the badger is one of many wonderful critters that moults. Yes, after a long cold winter, they shed their coats, just like some other mammals. In the wild, the trick is finding where that fluffiness has gotten to. Once found, (usually on the ground or caught up in low branches or roots) these small tufts of badger fur are gently handled by workers. The butt fur (darker) is much more common, and so commands less that a nice clump (bouquet size) of silvertip.
Of course, the farm raised badgers are a piece of cake to harvest. The coats moult off as you'd imagine, but the collection's so much easier.
There now..........a nice little bedtime story...........since I can't sing a lulluby. If I COULD sing you one though, it would be similar to the one Harvey Korman sang to Slim Pickens in 'Blazing Saddles', as he held Slim in his arms to comfort him. Hehe.....man, that was a goofy scene.
Martin