Life at the sharp end of the battle to save our hedgehogs
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) will unveil an interactive map, allowing people to register sightings of the spiky-backed mammals and also enlist to become a ‘hedgehog champion’.
The move follows recent news that, despite previous attempts to highlight the issue, Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen dramatically, from around 35 million in the 1950s to under one million today. Numbers are so low the species is on the verge of being declared officially ‘endangered’.
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Hide AdVicky Greenwood, 43, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, knows more than most about the issues affecting hedgehogs.
She runs Oggles Rescue Centre and currently has around 100 hedgehogs in her care.