During one of this year’s earlier heatwaves (and there have been many), the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) issued an “urgent plea” for us to provide water for thirsty wildlife.
They noted that this is especially key given a 2022 report that found rural hedgehog populations have shrunk by somewhere between 30% and 75% since 2000.
Recently, a hedgehog rescue centre told the BBC they’d been “inundated” with baby hedgehogs following very dry and hot conditions in the south-east of the UK.
Speaking to HuffPost UK, Fay Vass, Chief Executive for BHPS, noted, “As our climate continues to change and become more extreme, it poses new dangers and challenges to our native wildlife.
“Scarcity of water sources is a common problem for wildlife and long spells of drought only serve to...
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