the badgers have won the axe for 60 years.
the badgers have won the axe for 60 years.
how many years have the badgers won the axe?
60
the organism that causes btb, "mycobacterium bovis", was discovered in 1882, but it took until 1960 for compulsory tests for the disease to be brought in, previously testing was voluntary. herds that were attested tb free were tested annually and received a premium of 1d per gallon for their milk. those not tested were able to carry on trading without testing. a programme of test-and-slaughter began and was successful. until the 1980s, badger culling in the uk was undertaken in the form of gassing. by 1960 it was thought that btb might have been eradicated in the uk, until 1971 when a new population of tuberculous badgers was located in gloucestershire. subsequent experiments showed that btb can be spread from badgers to cattle, and some farmers tried to cull badgers on their land. wildlife protection groups lobbied parliament which responded by passing the badgers act 1973, making it an offence to attempt to kill, take, injure badgers or interfere with their setts without a licence. these laws are now contained in the protection of badgers act 1992.
badger culling in the united kingdom
the badgers took the opening drive of the second half and moved into the gamecocks red zone but were forced to settle for a 35-yard field goal by k jack russell. south carolina got the ball for their first second-half drive. on their first play, connor shaw scrambled for 8 yards but fumbled after he was hit by badgers lb derek landisch. the ball was recovered by fellow badgers lb ethan armstrong. wisconsin started at the south carolina 31-yard line but failed to move the ball into the red zone and were forced to try a field goal. the kick from jack russell was wide right from 42 yards. south carolina then drove 75 yards scoring on a 22-yard touchdown pass to bruce ellington from connor shaw. on the first play of the badgers' next drive, qb joel stave scrambled for 5 yards but was hit hard by a south carolina defender. a few plays later after handing the ball off, stave was forced to leave the game with a shoulder injury. taking over at quarterback for the badgers was sixth-year senior curt phillips. the third quarter came to a close with the badgers moving into gamecock territory. on fourth and one from the south carolina 26-yard line, wisconsin decided to go for the first down instead to try a 40-plus-yard field goal. the gamecocks' defense stuffed the badgers and they turned the ball over on downs. six plays later, south carolina extended their lead with a 3-yard touchdown pass to jerell adams from connor shaw. however, the badgers struck quickly on the ensuring kickoff. badgers kick returner, kenzel doe, returned the kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown. the return was highlighted with a stiff arm that sprung doe for the score. the badgers were within three with just under 11 minutes left in the game. once again, south carolina would answer this time a 9 play 88 yard drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by connor shaw on a qb sneak. the badgers then took over and got to the gamecocks 47-yard line before curt phillips was intercepted. with less than five minutes left, the gamecocks took over. wisconsin lb conor o'neill then forced a fumble that was recovered by cb darius hillary. the badgers then moved the ball to the gamecocks 16-yard line but again backup qb curt phillips was intercepted. the badgers defense forced the gamecocks to punt and the badgers took over with 2:10 left in the game still down by 10 points. wisconsin got to south carolina's 17-yard line but the badgers tried a trick play with a screen to wr jared abbrederis who then attempted to pitch the ball to rb melvin gordon but he mishandled the ball and fumbled turning the ball over to south carolina. two kneel-downs later and the game was over with a south carolina victory over wisconsin, 34–24.
2013 wisconsin badgers football team