Letters: "Programmes like Springwatch often fail in their duty to educate and inform of the full picture [on badgers]"

Elizabeth Heaton, from Leyburn, North Yorkshire, writes to express her dismay at the portrayal of the UK's badger population in the BBC's latest series of Springwatch

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Letters: "Programmes like Springwatch often fail in their duty to educate and inform of the full picture [on badgers]"

Springwatch The fanfare around the latest series of BBC's Springwatch has brought to light the UK's abundant badger populations. The news item on the BBC this week featured a woman whose garden played...

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