Boys’ badger rescue hailed

SHAFT Badger was trapped THREE schoolboys won praise from the RSPCA for saving the life of a badger stuck in a 20ft shaft.

Brothers Elias and Idris Baker, 11, and their pal Aaron lowered a boiled egg and water and got help.

They found the badger at a farm in Falmer, East Sussex last Wednesday.

Their parents called the RSPCA who then got the badger out with a net.

The RSPCA’s Liz Wheeler said: “The three boys did an amazing job.”