Change laws to protect Hedgehogs
Change the Laws to keep Hedgehogs safe, create Hedgehog safe zones like large fields with fences and hedgerows in or walls to stop Hedgehogs going onto roads as roads and Road kill is the main reason for hedgehog decline and why they are on the red list
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
- 01 APR 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action: Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/709054 Introduce legal standards for hedgehog houses https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716755 Make hedgehog highways mandatory on all new fencing. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701939
- 26 FEB 2025Petition created
Background
Hedgerows are leading Hedgehogs to roads , as hedgerows are put up to stop or prevent larger animals going in to roads but in wet weather Slugs & Snails are found in large numbers in over grown areas by roads. The Hedgehogs main food source and then they go into roads.