Author Topic: UK hedgehog numbers 'in drastic decline'  (Read 5414 times)

Rhiannon

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Re: UK hedgehog numbers 'in drastic decline'
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2015, 05:59:38 PM »
Church wildlife haven destroyed by council contractors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-33181509

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Local resident Daniel Villa said he was "livid" after the company "strimmed around the signs that states no cutting back will be done until autumn".
He said: "They drove their big mowers over the graves, damaging them.
"Four dead hedgehogs were found mangled by the machinery along with several fledgling birds, frogs. All the wild flowers are gone, along with all the bees , butterflies and other abundant pollinators that were there."

Absolutely heartbreaking.  :(

Our two parish church grounds are managed for wildlife. The cutting is done by a guy with a scythe (sadly not Aiden Turner). Keeping the muppets from the local authority well away really is essential.