Image Credit: Facebook / Cherie Bitz

By James Peters

Badger Death

Conservation Officer service to investigate death of Brocklehurst badger

May 7, 2020 | 11:36 AM

KAMLOOPS — The B.C. Conservation Officer service is not letting the death of Sam the Brocklehurst badger go uninvestigated.

In a Facebook post made Thursday morning (May 7), the service says it will conduct a necropsy on Sam.

Sam burrowed up into Cherie Bitz’s garden earlier this week — a rare occurrence in B.C., as badgers are a protected species.

Because badgers can be aggressive toward humans and pets, the C.O. service set a trap in hopes of relocating the animal.

But when officers returned to check the trap Wednesday morning, they found Sam dead — and not in the trap.

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The cause of death was not immediately apparent, so the C.O. service says it will conduct a necropsy.