A countryside road in south-west Scotland has been shut on safety grounds after being left at risk of collapse by burrowing badgers.
The animals, which live in a network of tunnels and chambers known as setts, have undermined a minor route near Crocketford.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has shut the carriageway.
Badger setts are legally protected and it is a criminal offence to interfere with one without a licence.