they have a connection, so it's not surprising the state wants to give it back. >> the badger statute belongs to the navy but since 1988 has sat outside the wisconsin governor's office at the state capitol where visitors rub its nose for luck. it's originally part of the u.s.s. wisconsin but that ship was scrapped after world war i. this was built in world war ii, the very last battleship ever built and could be the badger's next home. it was crafted from melted down cannonballs taken from cuba during the spanish-american war. the badger moved to the navalhen cay before being loaned to academy before being loaned to wisconsin for a temporary exhibit. three decades later wisconsin lawmakers are in rare bipartisan agreement on where the badger should burrow. >> state capitol in madison. in wisconsin. were you surprised by the outcry in wisconsin.