Debate on banning slug pellets to protect hedgehogs

'When it rains, the metaldehyde is washed off the soil and into watercourses, which include ponds, and leads to the poisoning of fish, toads and frogs'

Britain recently introduced an outright ban on slug pellets that will come into effect next Spring.

Most of the country’s hedgehogs have now gone into hibernation for the winter, but they are not being forgotten by people interested in their welfare.

Many of these unique and prickly mammals die every year from a variety of hazards in gardens, hedges, fields and along roadsides.