Hedgehog was used as a football: "He said: 'It's horrible, very insensitive, no feelings. That was a little life and they didn't see it from that point of view. They just saw it as a round curled up ball, something to kick. I was horrified, really horrified by it.'
A survey funded by Mammals Trust UK and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and published in 2002 found the British hedgehog population had dropped by up to a half over 10 years."
