British hedgehog numbers on brink of collapse sparking urgent 'call for action'

British hedgehog numbers on brink of collapse sparking urgent 'call for action'

An urgent “call to action” has been issued by conservation experts following a study revealing that hedgehogs are on the brink of extinction in rural parts of England.Research shows that the once-common mammal has experienced a rapid decline, with numbers falling by 71 per cent between 1981 and 2023 - a collapse of more than two-thirds of the population.Silviu Petrovan, an assistant professor in Cambridge University’s Conservation Science Group,…