'Helen',

Your best way to get an understanding of what is going on is to go to
www.goole.com and search using: hedgehog cull and read the many
sites on this subject.

About two years ago I volunteered to have one of the hedgehogs
concerned, but I heard no more probably because I live near to a road to
which the hedgehog would have access.

I feed a hedgehog nightly, have done so for many many years and like you
I am concerned as to what is happening to them on this island in
Scotland.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.






"Helen" wrote in message
...
What a horrible situation! Killing hedgegogs is terrible; but so is
the
eating of endangered birds' eggs! I suppose the only thing is to try
and
move the 'hogs to an area where there are no endangered species.
"Phil L" wrote in message
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Helen wrote:
:: Couldn't believe my eyes to read about the slaughter of
hedgehogs!
:: As I live in OZ, I'm not sure of what RSPB stands for. Why would
:: any organisation lead a slaughter of hedgehogs? Can someone
please
:: help?

I presume you mean this:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...2&id=735662003
The 'hogs are eating the eggs of endangered birds, but the
conservationists
'rescued' about 200 of them and moved them to the mainland...the
authorities
have spent a total of £26,000 to kill 66 'hogs, but these are
believed to
have been replaced by at least 60 baby hoglets making a grand total
of 6
in
the reduction - average cost per death = £4,330.
It's been grinding on for a few years now but is proving to be a
severe
headache for those involved as the astronomical costs continue to
mount
up.