Hedgehogs get support from Pendle MP

1:25pm Tuesday 31st July 2012 in Opinion

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has backed the “Save Harry the Hedgehog Campaign”.

He is one of 25 Parliamentarians of all parties to sign a Commons motion on the issue.

It reads: “We are alarmed at the rapid decline of the UK hedgehog population which is estimated to have dropped from approximately 36 million in the 1950s to under one million today, the dramatic decline of the species being in large part due to habitat loss and the proliferation of roads.

“We urge the Government to take heed of the Save Harry the Hedgehog campaign led by the Wildlife Aid Foundation and the former MP Ann Widdecombe, and to consider the campaign's call for the introduction of legislation specifically for the protection of hedgehogs.”

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BritainfortheBritish says...
7:03pm Tue 31 Jul 12

Shame he is not so rapid and keen to save the closure of older peoples mental health wards in this area.
Instead older people with dementia will be moved all over Lancashire and God knows how their spouses will get to visit.

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