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08
Jul 2022
Six baby hedgehogs were lucky to escape alive after being found in a bonfire just before it was about to be lit.
Ramsgill-based hedgehog rescue centre, HAPPY (Hedgehog Appreciation Prickly Pals Yorkshire) was called by a vet in Ripon this week to say the animals had been found just in the nick of time.
Jacqui Morrell, who runs the centre with her husband Peter, said the lucky animals "had a close shave".
Ms Morrell said hedgehogs like the secluded space offered by an unlit bonfire but many people don't often think to look for them, or other animals, before lighting up.
She said:
Ms Morrell added that the hedgehogs will eventually be released back into the area where they were found.
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