Saboteurs plan to use urine to protect badgers from marksmen They have a strong sense of smell, but I would not think there is a great deal of difference between male and female urine, it is still human urine. The one thing I have noticed about wildlife is that they are more relaxed with ladies than they are with men. "Badgers are not stupid, they know humans want to kill them," he added. The use of urine is the latest in a series of tactics being adopted by the cull's opponents with the shootings expected to start within the next few weeks. They have also drawn up plans to occupy barns owned by farmers who support and finance the culling programme. Saboteurs also plan to use vuvuzelas, which were a feature of the World Cup in South Africa, to scare the badgers away from the line of fire. West Gloucestershire and West Somerset are two pilot areas for a programme which could see as many as 100,000 badgers shot across the country in an attempt to prevent bovine TB spreading to other cattle herds. Police in Gloucestershire have been told they will not be able to book any leave for the rest of the year as the force prepares for an escalating sabotage campaign. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Constabulary said it could not rule out the possibility that it will seek reinforcements from neighbouring forces if necessary. Adam Quinney, vice president of the National Farmers Union, condemned the activists. There is a real danger that by rampaging through the countryside they will risk spreading the disease.