Don’t freak out, Europe, but you might be in the middle of a mustelid uprising

Abstract

A belligerent badger It used to be that the scariest thing Scottish castle ruins had to contend with was a little haunting here and there. But now a very real terror has emerged from the animal kingdom: badgers. Last month, a badger temporarily overtook the cellar tunnel of Craignethan Castle, about 30 km south of Glasgow. On the evening of April 12, the badger dug through loose soil into the stonework of the 16th-century castle and attempted to make itself at home, a spokesperson for Historic Environment Scotland tells Newscripts. The Scottish organization cares for more than 300 historic properties in the country. The following morning, castle staff tweeted that the tunnel was closed to the public “due to the presence of a very angry badger.” The staff surmises that the hostile takeover was unintentional, which is a little disheartening for the Newscripts gang and its wild imagination. The badger