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Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981

Submitted by Ninn Gilroy on Monday 9th December 2024

Published on Friday 31st January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 31st July 2025

Signatures: 14,991

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Tagged with

Animals ~ Books ~ British ~ Children ~ Countryside ~ Hedgehogs ~ history ~ level ~ list ~ Prevent ~ Protecting ~ protection ~ Red list ~ Threatened

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 14,991 signatures in total, with signatories from 646 constituencies. That makes it the 1,634th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 86% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of 13% (average).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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