"Uncle-C" wrote in message
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Forgot to add that someone did mention pouring a long trail of
disinfectant along the line of the fence as the smell puts them off ?
The thing is I don't want to do them any harm as its a parent badger
with several cubs. There are about six of them in total.

Indded you need to be carefuull with this sort of method. A neighbour once
poured industial thinners on some waste ground he wanted to clear.
Unfortuneately our cat which had wandered over his "treated patch" was
suckling three kittens at the time. All three kittens died from smoe sort oc
chest (breathing_ problme. Un -beknown to us the cat's fur was soaked in
thinners and the kittens inhaled too much thinner fumes and subsequently
died.

Bill