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Hedgehog Conservation

Proceeding contribution from Oliver Colvile (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 November 2015. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Hedgehog Conservation.

My hon. Friend has been reading my speech or has had prior notice of it.

Hedgehogs need to move a surprising distance to search for food, mates and nesting sites, so we need to make it easier for them to move between gardens, perhaps by making holes in fences. During a visit to Plymouth’s hedgehog rehabilitation and care centre this autumn, in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Johnny Mercer), I learned that the way to tackle this problem is to stop habitat loss. I was also rather surprised to learn that we should not leave milk and bread out for hedgehogs. Additionally, slug pellets are a great danger that can be fatally harmful to them.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
602 c352 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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