Too many holes! Why badgers are digging up Britain’s lovingly maintained golf courses (www.theguardian.com)

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Thanks to the drought, these black-and-white beauties are struggling to catch worms in the rock-hard earth. But there’s still good foraging on well-watered fairways and greens

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[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Play disc golf instead. Courses are generally already mininally maintained by parks departments as walking/hiking trails.

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