Uist Hedgehog Rescue

Email campaign

Please express your opposition to the killing of the Uist hedgehogs, by e-mailing or writing to the following people. Please politely inform them that you believe killing hedgehogs on the Uists to be unnecessary and urge them to work instead with Uist Hedgehog Rescue to relocate these animals to the mainland.

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Andrew Thin, Chairman
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), 12 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh, EH9 2AS.
E-mail: andrew.thin@snh.gov.uk

The Scottish Executive
Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for the Environment and Rural Development
Scottish Executive, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, UK, EH14 1TY.
E-mail: MinisterforEnvironmentandRuralDevelopment@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

RSPB Scotland
Stuart Housden, Director
RSPB Scotland, Dunedin House, 25 Ravelston Terrace, Edinburgh, UK, EH4 3TP
E-mail: stuart.housden@rspb.org.uk

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Hebridean hedgehogs: a prickly issue
The Uists cull has already cost more than £1m, but we should question the causal link between bird and hedgehog populations (guardian.co.uk).

Revealed: £1m bill to banish egg-stealing hedgehogs
Scotland's natural heritage body should spend £1 million of public money funding another three years of an island hedgehog-trapping project, a report has recommended (The Scotsman).

How much is a hedgehog worth?
The massive difference in people's attitudes to wildlife is starkly revealed today. (Hugh Warwick: My life with hedgehogs)

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