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Call to help Lancashire hedgehogs after population plummets (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by GreyShuck to c/nature

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A council has committed to measures that it has said will help hedgehogs thrive.

They are officially classed as vulnerable to extinction in the UK and were added to the "red list" of Britain's under-threat mammals in 2020.

South Ribble Council said the Hedgehog Action Plan was about giving them "room to roam" to reduce the number of them killed on the roads.

Ideas included building ramps on ditches and ponds and leaving gaps in hedges and fences.

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[–] Emperor 2 points 3 months ago

Good point - it doesn't have to be much to be a hazard. I have four hedgehogs and what my home insurance defines as a "large body of water" so I may need to raise my game here. Especially as they aren't the brightest of creatures - I had to pick one up off the road the other day as it was happily munching on insects with not a care in the world.