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potentially orphaned hedgehogs

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my mates found some hedgehog babies with no mum, on his farm. we are in the uk. they are really small. is it normal for the mum to leave the babies a while? advice pls submitted by /u/That_one_failure [link] [comments]

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Here in the UK they were exterminated 400 years ago, but in recent years they have become re-established as a result of escapees from farms. A Greek Wild Boar A Spanish Wild Boar sow with young piglets I saw my first Wild Boar in Spain’s Coto Doñana many years ago, though I’ve subsequently seen them in many other countries, too.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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But hedgehogs? Blackbirds and Song Thrushes were also problematic for fruit growers, but it was rabbits that quickly became enemy number one for the fledgling colony, as they striped the ground bare in farm after farm. What is surprising is quite how many species did end up here, and how economically unimportant they were.