Hedgehog in need: Why the Reutlinger animal shelter is overloaded!

Hedgehog in need: Why the Reutlinger animal shelter is overloaded!

In Reutlingen, the shelter ensures worrying news: the helpfulness of the population is high, but the number of hedgehogs in need reaches alarming heights. As GEA this year had to be treated with a increase in comparison to previous years There are only 150 to 200 goods on average. This development even leads to an admission stop - the shelter is faced with a number of weakened and injured animals.

The weather conditions in particular have caused the hinges to be troubled. According to Südwest Presse are climate change, robotic lawn and road traffic for the problems of the sweet spiked carriers. The nature relationships shift so that many hedgehogs have difficulty finding enough food. Due to the heat last summer and acute insect death, your food supply is dramatically reduced. Young, injured hedgehogs often end up in the shelter because they would survive without help.

good deed and winter help

The employees in the shelter are on the other hand to pick up the hedgehogs again. As Sabine Mayer from the shelter explains, many of the animals recorded are malnourished, injured or affected by parasites. So that the hedgehogs come over the winter, the helpers are dependent on support. A fundraising campaign is currently under the motto "The good deed", which benefits animal welfare in Reutlingen. Each amount counts to maintain this important work. If you want to help yourself, you can also offer affected hedgehogs in your own garden by providing leaves and piles of travel as shelter.

With simple means, the hedgehog can also be taken care of in your own four walls. High quality cat food, unseasoned scrambled eggs or a self -made hedgehog house help the little animals to survive the winter. It is crucial that dried products such as milk are avoided to prevent health problems.