By CHARLOTTE RILEY HAPPY New Year! There is no doubt many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020, but we can’t forget all of the wonderful work we’ve done over the past few months for our spiky friends! Sunderland Hedgehog Friendly Campus was set up […]
THE HEDGEHOG BLOG
A cute creature which needs our help to survive … let alone thrive
By PROF ANGELA SMITH Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at UoS HAVING been brought up on the outskirts of a small town, hedgehogs were very much part of the natural world around us. From the evidence of them in my parents’ garden to the sad but familiar sight […]
A mission to rescue a mother and her squealing babies
By DAN HALL “WERE there only four? Normally, they have more than that.” That was the last thing Rebecca Bradley wanted to hear on arrival at Withington Hedgehog Hospital, in Manchester. The reason is more sinister than you might think: if hedgehogs don’t get enough food and water and are […]
A cute creature which needs our help to survive … let alone thrive
By BARBARA LONGO-FLINT ASK any child which animal they would love to meet in their garden and the answer will always be the same: a hedgehog. But how many of those kids are going to see one? Unless we change our habits, not only today’s children, but also their kids […]