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Endangered Cariboo badgers at roadkill risk on B.C.’s Highway 97

Over the past 20 years well over 200 badgers have died as Cariboo roadkill

We may not see them walking the streets but dozens of American Badgers make the South Cariboo their home.

The evidence is in their stripes. Researchers have found that the white stripe running down the middle of a badger’s face is as unique an identifier as a human’s fingerprint. It’s thanks to those stripes Roger Packham, a habitat biologist, has been able to track the movements of badgers across the Cariboo over the last 20 years.

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Fiona Grisswell

About the Author: Fiona Grisswell

I graduated from the Writing and New Media Program at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George in 2004.
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