Hedgehog charity issues warnings after first “serious” injuries from strimming season

AS ISLANDERS don their gardening gloves, a hedgehog protection charity has warned to look out for the animals, after some suffered “serious” injuries inflicted by garden strimmers.

The Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group (JHPG) said two hedgehogs have already been admitted to their care this year after being cut by garden strimmers, including one which had to be “sewn up” by a veterinary surgeon.