Sir Roger Gale
Member of Parliament for North Thanet (Margate, Herne Bay & The Villages)
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Charity pleas for water for hedgehogs.
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July 24th 2018
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With temperatures continuing to soar and Britain’s landscape drying out, an animal charity has issued a plea to the public to think about helping wildlife. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) reports an influx of calls from members of the public who have found dehydrated poorly hedgehogs in need of help.
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Fay Vass, Chief Executive of BHPS said “With the very hot dry weather hedgehogs and other wildlife are struggling to find natural sources of water, and the ground is so dry and hard that their natural food is hard to come by too.” The Charity is asking that everyone takes a few moments to ensure there are some shallow bowls of water in their gardens and, if possible, some hedgehog food or meaty cat or dog food for prickly visitors to enjoy as well.
Fay continues “We all know how horrible it is to be thirsty, but this goes beyond that, there is so little natural water around at the moment, the hedgehogs are having to rely on us being kind enough to leave a drink for them - it must be like an oasis in a desert!”
More information about helping hedgehogs can be found at www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk
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