‘This isn’t right’: horse’s leg disappears seven feet down in badgers’ ‘underground city’ beneath field

The owner of a horse who was found with her leg stuck in a hole seven foot deep was aghast to find badgers had built an “underground city” beneath her field.

Sheena Hird’s mare Trinity had to be extracted by firefighters after the ground collapsed into the tunnel in the field Sheena rents in Devon. The mare was unharmed but Sheena has been told the damage could cost thousands to fix.

Sheena told H&H she and a friend had been renting the field for about 10 years with no issues...