When I arrived in Yellowstone on June 1, I was told there was a badger den with three little cubs just past Soda Butte and that the mother had been hit by a vehicle and suffered a broken leg and other possible injuries, but that she did manage to get back into her den. I looked for the den the next few days, but didn’t find it. I finally saw a badger den just past the Hitching Post pullout and quickly learned that that was the den the first person was actually talking about.
I photographed them on June 5 and 6, but never saw the mother. During the time I spent with them they never played with each other, but instead had their noses to the ground all the time. I think they were searching for food. To this day I don’t know the fate of the mother or the three cubs. However, I looked for them for the next week and never saw them as I drove by. It was a sad event. I hope someone has more updated news. I assume they all died, but would love to hear they all survived.
