An RSPCA inspector was called to rescue a young badger who had travelled 20 miles under a car.
Children’s nurse Adele Frost had spotted a badger under her car while at her home in Heage, but thought he had run off.
The following day she travelled to work at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham some 20 miles away.
Having worked her shift when she went to leave she heard a thud and spotted the badger running under the car next to hers.
Adele said: “I’d seen the badger the day before and believed he had ran off. But it’s just too much of a coincidence to then see another one the following day – so I instinctively knew it was the same badger and he must have somehow got in the undercarriage and stayed there.
“I just felt disbelief really and he must have been hanging on for dear life while I made the journey to work – not knowing he was under my car!
“I’m just really pleased to hear that he is now recovering well.”
RSPCA Inspector Teresa Potter had attended the location and caught the badger who proved difficult to confine.
She said: “Adele had seen the badger run across their driveway when she was at home and assumed the badger had gone.
“He did prove quite difficult to catch, despite being injured, and some kind members of the public helped me to confine him so that I could get him safe.
“I took him to Arnold & Carlton Vets In Nottingham for some emergency treatment and then we transferred him to our Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre where I am pleased to report he is doing well.
“I actually can’t quite believe that he travelled such a long way – and he’s very lucky to have survived. He had an injured ear, cut leg and other bumps and scrapes but otherwise seems ok.”
Lee Stewart, centre manager at Stapeley Grange, in Nantwich, Cheshire, said: “This poor badger really was lucky and I’m pleased to report despite his ordeal he is doing ok and steadily improving.
“He is receiving pain relief and is recovering in one of our outside runs. We hope that if the wounds continue to heal well then he could be released back to the wild in the next week or so.”
The rescue took place on April 12.
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