The hedgehog, once abundant in various regions, is now facing severe decline due to human pressure, habitat loss, and increasing agricultural intensity, leading to alarming extinction risks.
The recent IUCN Red List indicates western European hedgehogs have deteriorated from least concern to near threatened, highlighting the urgent need for conservation efforts as populations plummet.
In the UK, hedgehog numbers have drastically decreased by up to 75% in rural areas since 2000, necessitating immediate attention to reverse this troubling trend.
Experts call for urgent regional and national action to protect hedgehogs, stressing that without intervention, their status could worsen, resulting in global extinction risk.
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