Mowed down by cars, European hedgehog numbers shrinking
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 () Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 28, 2024
The Western European hedgehog - the prickly, nocturnal critter people love to encounter in the garden - is in decline, mowed down by cars as its shrinking habitat forces it to move ever closer to humans. An updated Red List of Threatened Species published Monday at the UN's COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, downgraded the hedgehog's status from "least concern" to "near threatene
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 ()
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 28, 2024