The whole point of the "Wonderland" programme is just that - its about the oddballs in society, people who generate interest in them purely for not fitting the "normal" category everyone likes to be put in these days. Who decides what "normal" is anyway?
I feel really sorry for Mr Boyt (and his wife for that matter). The people who take it upon themselves to ring and accuse him of being a crank are cranks themselves. What really is he doing wrong - he's not out mugging old ladies for their pension, molesting children or stabbing schoolboys. He does come across as a bit of a "mad professor" and seems to revel in the preparation of the animals he picks up, but I suppose he is passionate that what he is doing is right for him.
To be honest, I'm far too squeamish to skin and gut an animal myself, but if someone offered me some ready prepared
Badger, deer etc, I'd be more than happy to try it. Country folk often ate
Badger - my father in law for instance was brought up in deepest Dorset, and the local romany community were well known for offering "
Badger hams" to locals. He said it tastes very much like pork.
As for the others, there are people like this all over the country, we are not the exception or the rule down here. I'm sure there will be a few heated calls to our local radio phone in at lunchtime, saying its just adding to the stereotype of the Cornish as being uneducated, interbred country-bumkins, but taking the programme as it is meant to be viewed, a hefty pinch of salt goes a long way!