{"id":89261,"date":"2024-12-16T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=89261"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:24:21","slug":"the-hedgehog-lovers-who-are-helping-to-keep-cathays-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/12\/16\/the-hedgehog-lovers-who-are-helping-to-keep-cathays-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"The hedgehog lovers who are helping to keep Cathays wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meet the volunteers supporting Cathays\u2019 other very special residents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

EACH morning, the camera hidden in Louise Kane\u2019s garden on Maindy Road in Cardiff is checked – not for footage of intruders but for other prickly visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hedgehogs have long been regular visitors to her garden, captured on the wildlife camera she had installed. But one morning, when checking the footage, she noticed something unusual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught on camera was a hedgehog with what looked like a milkshake lid stuck around its neck. As it was daylight when she checked the camera, the hog was gone. Knowing it could not remove the lid itself, her husband chose to stay up the following night to wait for the hedgehog’s return. He removed the lid once the little creature reappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rescue is just one part of wider work done across Cathays by a range of residents, students and volunteers to support a hedgehog population hidden in the area. And as hedgehogs hibernate through the winter, work done to feed and protect them has increased.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We’re hedgehog nerds’<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The hedgehogs captured on camera in Mrs Kane\u2019s garden are able to enter it thanks to a hedgehog highway that she created with her neighbour Georgina Taubman, connecting their gardens with a tunnel through their garden walls.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing this wasn\u2019t easy, however. As their gardens were separated by a brick wall, creating a tunnel required the use of a cordless power drill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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