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> [I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/i-was-perhaps-about-10-years-old-when-a-local-farmer-rang-us-up-to/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

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## More by Owen Paterson

> [One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large proportion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/one-thing-i-have-been-banging-on-about-we-have-a-dessert-deficit-in/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [The relationship between renewable energy sources and the communities we expect to host them must be appropriate and sustainable and, above all, acceptable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/the-relationship-between-renewable-energy-sources-and-the-communities/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [No one is more keen than me to see the Hunting Act repealed, because I believe in the management of wildlife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/no-one-is-more-keen-than-me-to-see-the-hunting-act-repealed-because-i/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [We have to use every tool at our disposal and that's why we're trialing a badger cull. We need healthy wildlife living alongside healthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/we-have-to-use-every-tool-at-our-disposal-and-that-s-why-we-re/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/climate-change-is-obviously-happening-and-there-is-obviously-a-man/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/government-can-wreck-a-business-by-confiscating-its-money-by-taxation/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

> [I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-paterson/i-was-perhaps-about-10-years-old-when-a-local-farmer-rang-us-up-to/)

[Owen Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-paterson/)

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