European badger an 1810 edition of "The Sporting Magazine", wrote; The hair of the European badger has been used for centuries for making sporrans and shaving brushes. Sporrans are traditionally worn as part of male Scottish highland dress. They form a bag or pocket made from a pelt and a badger or other animal's mask may be used as a flap. The pelt was also formerly used for pistol furniture. European badger The European badger ("Meles meles") also known as the Eurasian badger or simply badger"', is a species of badger in the family Mustelidae and is native to almost all of
Meles Zenawi the TPLF and oppose the Derg. After the overthrow of the Derg's military government, he was elected as President of the transitional government and later as Prime Minister. He lifted his country from the ruins of civil war and transformed it into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Meles was born in Adwa, Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father Zenawi Asres from Adwa and Alemash Guebreluel from Adi Quala, Eritrea. He was the third of six children. His first name at birth was "Legesse" (thus Legesse Zenawi, Ge'ez: ለገሰ ዜናዊ "legesse zēnāwī"). However, he eventually became better known by