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Uist hedgehogs released on mainland Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 April 2007

The first one hundred hedgehogs rescued from the Western Isles this year as part of a relocation programme have now been released onto the Scottish mainland.

The Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR) coalition has released one hundred hedgehogs since the threat the animals pose to rare wading birds and their eggs was highlighted in 2003.

UHR is working with the Uist Wader Project, which is handing over all the hedgehogs it catches so that they can be taken to Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust on the mainland and then released into suitable sites.

Since 2003, UHR has now rescued and relocated over 800 hedgehogs. The hedgehogs are being removed from the islands in an attempt to protect the eggs of internationally important populations of ground nesting wading birds on the islands.

UHR spokesman Ross Minett said: “We are pleased to be working successfully with the Uist Wader Project which is handing over to us all the hedgehogs it is catching.

“All hedgehogs are carefully monitored and health-checked before being released into appropriate sites around Scotland. By working together we should be able to get many more hedgehogs off the islands and thus help conserve the wading birds."

UHR is a coalition of Advocates for Animals, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust and International Animal Rescue.
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