Lancashire Wildlife Trust says there has been a 'massive' decline in the number of hedgehogs.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust said there had been a "massive" decline in the number of hedgehogs in the countyThey are officially classed as vulnerable to extinction in the UK and were added to the "red list" of Britain's under-threat mammals in 2020.
South Ribble Council said the Hedgehog Action Plan was about giving them "room to roam" to reduce the number of them killed on the roads.Councillor Kath Unsworth said: "We thought it was necessary because hedgehogs are in decline and they are an indicator of how well a habitat is doing."They can go up to about two miles during the night to look for food, so they need that space to find the food they need.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust conducts its own hedgehog survey every year and the findings have shown sightings of them in the county has dropped by 33%.He said: "We had about five million of them in the UK fifty years ago and now we are down to less than a million, so they've really suffered. "It's all about creating the right habitat," he said. "We haven't done that enough in the last hundred years. We've got rid of hedgerows, and hedgerows are massively important, but the good news is that farmers are now creating new ones."If there's a route for them between a number of safe gardens to feed, then that's a fantastic thing.
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