Czech challenge to save the hedgehog

October 22, 2008

A Czech animal sanctuary is trying to help the humble hedgehog after statistics reveal that 350,000 of the spiky creatures are killed in the country every year. The Valise Centre for Handicapped Animals at Vlasim, near Prague, works to help the hedgehogs and other injured animals. Conservationists say the autumn is their peak season as people bring in hedgehogs unlikely to survive the winter.