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Each year Brent Lodge cares for 600 hedgehogs, with over 250 admitted in winter. We provide expert advise, life-saving care, rehabilitation facilities, specialist food and vet treatment to those that are usually too small or too sick to survive hibernation, helping to halt the local species decline.
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Situation
Hedgehog numbers have declined dramatically in recent years, mainly due to habitat loss, agricultural practices, shrinking territories and depleted food sources. Warmer winters and disruption to hibernation are causing hedgehogs to wake up earlier to forage more frequently and later summers are causing more to be born too close to hibernation resulting in babies too small to survive the winter on their own, therefore we need to give specialised care to secure their survival and species future
Solution
Providing these vulnerable hedgehogs with the care and vet treatment they need will dramatically increase their chances of survival and once rehabilitated, we can release more breeding pairs back to the wild increasing their depleted numbers and stabilising the local population. Through education about the perils hedgehogs face in the wild and advise on the steps communities can take to consider hedgehog welfare we can improve the long term outlook for their survival in local natural habitats.
