Dead badger left at gran's home 'to warn her off' after she exposed deer attack

A gran who exposed an attack by hunting dogs holds a dead badger which she fears was dumped at her home to warn her off.  The bloodied creature was in a flower bed in an apparent mafia-style warning to animal rights campaigner Margaret Langham and her husband Joe.  Margaret, 68, told the Sunday Mirror last week how she saw hunt dogs from the Waveney Harriers savage a deer.  She said: “The badger can only have been put there deliberately to scare us off. They know it will upset me because they know I love animals.  “It is upsetting and intimidating, especially when you are out and about in the countryside. You wonder whether they might intimidate you in other ways. Read More Related Articles Ricky Gervais demands cruel hunters face prosecution after dogs savage young deer Read More Related Articles Sir David Jason joins Mirror campaign to outlaw 'senseless' trophy hunting  “But it makes us more determined to campaign. It is horrible but we are more resolved to carry on.”  Margaret, from Geldeston, Suffolk, spoke as police investigated a second incident in which a fallow deer was reportedly chased by hunt dogs and killed on the A143 near Bungay.  Horrified comedian Ricky Gervais, 58, saw footage of the first attack and said it has “no place in a civilised world”.  Waveney Harriers claimed the deer survived and blamed hunt saboteurs for distracting dogs on what had started as a legal “trail” hunt. Read More Related Articles Abused spaniel who inspired end to puppy farming didn't know how to be a dog after rescue  Ricky Gervais demanded the cruel hunters face prosecution after seeing the footage of a young deer being savaged by dogs.  Shocking images show hounds chasing down a terrified muntjac deer across open land before cornering it against a barbed wire fence.  The ordeal lasted almost 10 minutes before organisers dragged off the dogs.  The Office creator Ricky, said: "I will never understand the joy in chasing a terrified animal for miles and then watching a pack of dogs rip it to death.  “These people should be prosecuted and made to seek psychological help. This has no place in a civilised world."  His outrage at the Waveney Harriers hunt in Suffolk was echoed by actor Peter Egan. Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online  Peter, 73, said: “What message is sent when dogs disembowel a defenceless deer?”  The hunt, which began as a legal “trail” using only animal scent with no kill, turned bloody when the hounds spotted the deer.  It took place last Tuesday on the 15th anniversary of the law banning hunting with dogs.