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mikromicke
06-09-2010, 08:46 AM
Seems like the British badgers are being threatened ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10270111.stm
trewornan
06-09-2010, 11:47 AM
It's difficult to know where to stand on this. Badgers are not endangered in the UK and if they cause bovine tuberculosis then a cull does make sense. On the other hand the science seems iffy and it would be a shame to cull them if they're not causing a problem.

Still maybe there'll be some cheaper brushes around.
cernel_joson
06-09-2010, 11:55 AM
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48025000/jpg/_48025765_badgercubbbc226.jpg

Jeez, I didn't know badgers could be so gosh darned cute. Gives me even more reason to search for only NOS badger brushes.
Rocketeer
06-09-2010, 01:00 PM
Jeez, I didn't know badgers could be so gosh darned cute. Gives me even more reason to search for only NOS badger brushes.

Perhaps there's a new niche market ... gray-hair badger brushes made exclusively from badgers that passed away due to old age. :001_rolle
mikromicke
06-09-2010, 01:00 PM
Perhaps there's a new niche market ... gray-hair badger brushes made exclusively from badgers that passed away due to old age. :001_rolle

:lol:
Speedwell68
06-09-2010, 03:50 PM
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48025000/jpg/_48025765_badgercubbbc226.jpg

Jeez, I didn't know badgers could be so gosh darned cute. Gives me even more reason to search for only NOS badger brushes.

The Badgers that our brushes come from are these...

http://www.carnivoraforum.com/index.cgi?board=mustelids&action=display&thread=6873
MadRat
07-20-2011, 02:58 AM
An updated article showed up today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14204236 This made me wonder. Originally shaving brushes were made of horse hair. When there was an anthrax outbreak people panicked and stopped using horse hair brushes and started using badger hair brushes. If there's a possibility that the badger your brush came from had tuberculosis, wouldn't it be better to switch to horse hair which is cheaper, humane and has the backbone of a boar hair bush with the softness of a badger brush?