Hope for Hedgehogs as populations show signs of recovery in towns and cities.
The population of hedgehogs in rural Britain is continuing a "steep decline" according to research.
It is a "stark contrast" in towns and cities though, where the data showed that hedgehog populations may be starting to recover. The report, by wildlife charities the People's Trust for Endangered Species and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society , used data gathered between 1981 and 2020 from five ongoing surveys. This showed that hedgehogs have undergone a long historic decline, but that there are now "vast differences" between urban and rural populations.
"They have lived here for at least half a million years," she said. "So we need to understand how conservationists, farmers and land managers can work together to prevent hedgehogs from becoming extinct in the countryside."
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