Badger Bird (Pica Meles)

Back to the serious business.
At first I wasn't sure what this black and white crow- like bird was, but having consulted some reference books and the internet I can confidently say that it is a Badger bird.
The Badger bird has been hunted to near extinction because of it's disastrous impact on the farming industry. Aparently the birds transmit deadly diseases amongst cattle (bovine tubercolosis). Luckily for our impoverished farmers the government provides them with substantial grants to fund the killing of the birds.
I was lucky enough to spot this one near our local shiny ring factory. There were no cattle around at the time...