Badgers, hedgehogs, foxes and cats are fighting and having stand-offs over food left in British gardens, a study has revealed.Experts at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Brighton analysed hundreds of videos - recorded by the public - to investigate interactions within and between different species.They found that while food left by people in urban gardens - leftovers or commercially bought for this purpose - can provide benefits for wild animals, it can also draw competitors and

Badgers, hedgehogs, foxes and cats are fighting and having stand-offs over food left in British gardens, a study has revealed.Experts at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Brighton analysed hundreds of videos - recorded by the public - to investigate interactions within and between different species.They found that while food left by people in urban gardens - leftovers or commercially bought for this purpose - can provide benefits for wild animals, it can also draw competitors and predators close together.