The Jan. 26 edition of the Light featured a photograph of a badger “headed to the old Pine Cone Diner” in downtown Point Reyes Station. Perhaps readers saw it and chuckled. But the badger was young—I estimate about a year old—and, ironically, it appeared malnourished.
This new mammal in town was outside its natural habitat, and that’s a red flag. Recall stories of bears or mountain lions in urban areas; often they are desperately…