On Monday starts Hedgehog Week and to kick off the awareness week the GSPCA have launched two competitions for those aged between 4 and 16 years of age.
With 200 to 300 hedgehogs rescued every year at the GSPCA we see all ages with a variety of health problems.
Sarah Ozanne Animal Care Assistant in the Hedgehog Unit said 'With Spring we see hedgehogs awake and starting to give birth.'
'We would urge anyone who comes across a Mum and her young not to touch them and to give us a call for advice.'
'Mother hedgehogs with their young are always best left alone if in a safe area, as disturbing them can mean that the babies don't survive.'
'At the GSPCA we have launched the competition to help raise awareness of hedgehogs, how to care for them and the dangers they come across.'
'The winning posters we will print off at the GSPCA and use around Guernsey to help promote the care of our prickly little friends.'
Lucy Ogier Animal Care Assistant who has worked with Sarah to put the competition together also said 'We are hoping to get schools and groups involved and if anyone is interested then there is information on our website or just give us a call.'
'There are loads of prizes and just some are from Waitrose, hedgehog food from Spikes, hedgehogs for the garden from Gaudions and more to come.'
'The big prize is an Angry Bird Ipod Docking Station which will be given to an overall winner from all entrants.'
'Both the hedgehog house making competition and the awareness poster can be entered up until Friday 6th June.'
'We will want to come out to see the top entries of the the hedgehog house competition to decide the winners which we will announce on the 12th June.'
'We are also arranging a hedgehog talk and tour at the Shelter very soon to promote hedgehog care and we will let you know more very soon.'
Sarah Creasey Animal Welfare and education Officer said 'If anyone schools or groups would like a talk on hedgehogs then we can come out or arrange something at the Shelter and all they have to do is give me a call on 257261 or email me on [email protected].'
'In the Spring from the baby hoglets at risk to those strimming and cutting hedgehogs we see all sorts of problems that put these wonderful little mammals at risk.'
To download a poster to advertise the Hedgehog Competition please click here.
To download a poster to advertise the Hedgehog Awareness Poster Competition please click here.
Create a GSPCA Awareness Poster for Hedgehogs
Age groups –
4 – 7 years old (infants)
7 – 11 years old (juniors)
Some ideas could include:
Watch out for hedgehogs on the road waking up from hibernation
Hedgehogs out in the day time could mean there is something wrong
Please put out clean drinking water for hedgehogs over the summer
Check for hedgehogs before cutting the lawn/grass
Discard of rubbish properly - especially netting/wires
Make sure your swimming pool/pond is easily escapable
Do not put slug pellets down as they are poisonous
Don't touch a nest until sure you need to intervene
Cut holes in fence bottoms to allow hedgehogs to pass through gardens
Watch your dogs around hedgehogs- either one could get hurt
Other points to add:
Phone GSPCA for advice/emergency: 01481 257261
Advice on the GSPCA Webpage- www.gspca.org.gg
BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU LIKE!
Prizes for the top 3 in each age group.
Send your posters with your name, age, contact number and school on the back to [email protected] or to the Shelter at
Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Rue du Truchots
St Andrews
Guernsey, Channel Islands
GY6 8UD
Closing date 6/6/14. Winners will be announced on the 13/6/14
Build a Hedgehog House
2014 Competition
Design and build a hedgehog house to be used in your own or friends garden!
There are two age group categories:
7 to 11 years (Junior age)
11 to 16 years (secondary age)
The top three from each group will be contacted to be judged and there are PRIZES for the top 3 designs in each group!
The house structure must be:
- Waterproof
- Big enough to make a nest
- Safe from predators
- Camouflaged
What could you use to build the house?
- Logs
- Old plastic box
- Bricks
- Wood
- Pots
- Anything else - Be as creative as you like!
Try the internet and our website for more inspiration!
www.gspca.org.gg
Last thing to do is take a beautiful photograph then email it to us along with your age, full name and contact number to:
[email protected]
Closing date 6/6/14. Winners will be announced on the 13/6/14
Good luck and have fun!
Please be careful when building your hog houses
Work with an adult to put it together as you may need to use grown-up tools
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