A conservation project has secured nearly £100,000 towards removing every hedgehog from a group of islands in the Western Isles.
The animals are not native to the Hebrides and are blamed for eating the eggs of ground-nesting birds, causing severe declines of several species.
A new project - Saving Uist Nature (SUN) - would trap hedgehogs in South Uist and Benbecula and release them on mainland Scotland.
Wow, a removal project where the animals are actually relocated instead of just, y’know, massacred. Nice to see actually.
Yeah, that was my initial concern to, so that’s good to see!
You mean you weren’t looking forward to a game of extreme football?
They’ll be queuing up on the docks ready to get the first boat back, mark my words.