Hedgehog rescue centre urges gardeners to use natural slug repellants
In some cases, the hedgehogs, which are protected, had ingested rat poison, and others had eaten slugs or snails poisoned with metaldehyde, a compound substance commonly found in the cheaper form of slug pellets, according to Hedgehog Rescue Dublin.
Ecologist Yvonne McCann, who has been rescuing the nocturnal creatures at Rush, Co Dublin, since 2013, said cheaper slug pellets are “lethal” to the furtive creatures.
