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Change laws to protect Hedgehogs

Submitted on Wednesday 26th February 2025

Rejected on Tuesday 1st April 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change laws to protect Hedgehogs

Petition Details

Change the Laws to keep Hedgehogs safe, create Hedgehog safe zones like large fields with fences and hedgerows in or walls to stop Hedgehogs going onto roads as roads and Road kill is the main reason for hedgehog decline and why they are on the red list

Additional Information

Hedgerows are leading Hedgehogs to roads , as hedgerows are put up to stop or prevent larger animals going in to roads but in wet weather Slugs & Snails are found in large numbers in over grown areas by roads. The Hedgehogs main food source and then they go into roads.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/709054

Introduce legal standards for hedgehog houses
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716755

Make hedgehog highways mandatory on all new fencing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701939

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