Fifty years ago hedgehogs were reportedly let go into a garden in South Uist in the Western Isles in the hope they would eat slugs and snails. In the years following 1974 numbers of the prickly ...

The ban was implemented due to the pellets' toxicity to birds and hedgehogs, who indirectly ingest the poison when they eat the slugs and snails. Hedgehog Street sheds light on the issue ...

She said: “There’s hardly any natural food left for a hedgehog any more – there’s a shortage of the food they eat like frogs and beetles. "Slugs and snails only make up 1% of their diets.

Hedgehogs can be killed by strimmers, so either avoid them or take great care. Also be careful when you’re using a lawn mower, especially when cutting long grass. Slug pellets can be fatal to ...