OH yeah, because rabies, bovine TB, badger culling with gas that wastes the animal carcasses or expensive compensation and vaccination programs are better than an ecologically-neutral wildlife management program that would allow farmers and licensed hunters and trappers to offset all of this, maintain the health and quality of life of the species and contribute to proven wildlife conservation methods that don't arrogantly, if naively, discount man from the equation. In Northern China they can multiply to nuisance levels very easily, so that's were most commercial badger hair comes from. In the U.S., badgers are only protected in certain regions and a few states and can be taken, for instance, in Texas, with a standard hunting license, but a trapper's license is required to sell any portion of the animal. These licenses run in the $20.00 range for residents. Good hunting!