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Increase protection offered to hedgehogs under the Wildlife and Countryside Act

Submitted on Thursday 30th July 2020

Rejected on Thursday 6th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Increase protection offered to hedgehogs under the Wildlife and Countryside Act

Petition Details

Increase the protection offered to the hedgehog under the Wildlife and Countryside Act by moving it to schedule 5, allowing the level of protection appropriate for such a keystone species in decline.

Additional Information

The hedgehog the has been added to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List for British Mammals. We want the government to take action to preserve this species and save it from extinction.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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