The Boy Who Talked to Badgers is a 1975 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Gary Nelson, starring Christian Juttner and Carl Betz.
[1] It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the novel Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert.
The film was originally broadcast on NBC as a two-part episode on The Wonderful World of Disney on September 14 and 21, 1975.
After a happy family reunion, trapper Burton returns to the ranch and shoots the badger.
The animal dies, but Ben returns to Old Badger's grave years later as an adult.