Badger need no stinking badgers!” In Europe, badgers were traditionally used to predict the length of winter. The badger is the state animal of the US state of Wisconsin and Bucky Badger is the mascot of the athletic teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The badger is also the official mascot of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; The University of Sussex, England; and St Aidan's College at the University of Durham. In 2007, the appearance of honey badgers around the British base at Basra, Iraq, fuelled rumours among the locals that British forces deliberately released "man-eating" and "bear-like" badgers
Badger, Minnesota Badger, Minnesota Badger is a city in Skagen Township of Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 375 at the 2010 census. A post office called Badger has been in operation since 1889. The city was named after nearby Badger Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Badger is located along Minnesota State Highway 11. As of the census of 2010, there were 375 people, 181 households, and 103 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 235 housing units at an