Wildlife Corridors

Investment project code: 120

Estimated Cost

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Project Summary

Create wildlife highways through council gardens to encourage hedgehogs back into the area

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Project Description

The hedgehog population has decreased in the uk from 30 million in the 1950s, to less than 1 million today. The hedgehog used to be a familiar sight in family gardens, but no more. One of the main reasons is that gardens are blocked by tight fences so the hedgehogs are not free to roam and forage for food. I propose that the council should create or promote a proposal that, when building garden fences, tenants should provide a wildlife corridor for hedgehogs. This could be easily done by simply leaving one plank shorter than the others, so there is a gap at the bottom for hedgehogs to travel through. Then families and children would have the opportunity to see the hedgehogs once again in their back gardens, and to delight in the joy they bring. 

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Location: Paisley South, Renfrewshire and UK