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Spike in funds for poorly hedgehogs
Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity is celebrating after its first ever ‘Hedgehog Day’ proved to be a resounding success, with the four hour event raising £1,000 for the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital.
Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity is celebrating after its first ever ‘Hedgehog Day’ proved to be a resounding success, with the four hour event raising £1,000 for the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital.
Having successfully released 83 hedgehogs back into the wild earlier this year, Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital has been struggling to meet the £1,500 monthly running costs, so trustees of the Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity have taken matters into their own hands and have launched a brand new annual fundraising event – ‘Hedgehog Day’ – to be held at Shepreth Wildlife Park this Bank Holiday Monday (26th August)
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With 73 hedgehogs getting ready for release next month at Shepreth Wildlife Park, one little hedgehog is desperately looking for love.
‘Valentine’ aptly named by Hospital Manager, Natasha Ennew, was brought to the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital after he was found disorientated during the day in someone’s garden. On arrival the hedgehog was not only diagnosed with ringworm and mites, but he was also riddled with internal parasites too.