{"id":2206,"date":"2013-05-22T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2206"},"modified":"2013-05-22T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:08:48","slug":"giant-badger-terrorising-kent-girls-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/giant-badger-terrorising-kent-girls-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant badger &#8216;terrorising Kent girls&#8217; school&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Youngsters at a girls' school in Kent are running scared of a giant badger, which is said to be causing all manner of problems at the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the students at Folkestone School for Girls are said to be too scored to walk in certain parts of the school because of the creature.<\/p>\n<p>One anonymous parent told the Kent Messenger that the animal has been spotted several times within the grounds of the school and plenty of pupils are scared of it.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There were tales of it charging at a pupil and then sniffing her, but these are teenage girls who are full of drama. It is a giant badger and it is causing hysteria,&quot; the parent added.<\/p>\n<p>Badgers are currently a hot topic in the UK, as the government is planning a cull of the creatures. A petition against this has already attracted 220,000 signatures, illustrating the strength of feeling held for the animals.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801589313-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801589313\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A giant badger is scaring pupils in Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Giant badger &#039;terrorising Kent girls&#039; school&#039; - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/giant-badger-terrorising-kent-girls-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giant badger &#039;terrorising Kent girls&#039; 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