| April 2003 - Attempts to begin a cull of hedgehogs on North Uist in the Western Isles have got under way. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2920067.stm) April 2005 - Animal rights activists are trying to rescue hedgehogs as an annual cull gets under way in the Outer Hebrides. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4406675.stm) October 2005 - Protest over annual hedgehog cull (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4390054.stm) April 2007 - The board of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has decided to suspend its cull of hedgehogs in the Western Isles. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/63...) February 2010 - Hebridean hedgehogs: a prickly issue
The Uists cull has already cost more than £1m, but we should question the causal link between bird and hedgehog populations (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/hedgehog...) February 2011 - £1.3m hedgehog cull to save islands' birds eggs 'fails' (http://www.scotsman.com/news/163_1_3m_hedgehog_cull_to_save_...) |