article_snippet.sent: A hedgehog sniffing around in the dusk was once a common sight - but experts warn A hedgehog may soon become a thing of the past.
article_snippet.sent: Mark Eaton, conservation scientist at the RSPB, said that the popularity of hard wooden or metal fences has made it hard for hedgehogs to move from place to place.
article_snippet.sent: As hedgehogs become isolated in smaller and smaller areas of greenery, hedgehogs cannot feed or mate.
article_snippet.sent: Hedgehogs have to make Hedgehogs way through the maze of back gardens, trying to find gaps in fences.
article_snippet.sent: It doesn’t matter if you have a garden with the most juicy hedgehog food, with lots of slugs and worms - if you fence them out, them are not going to get in.
article_snippet.sent: Cutting holes of just a few inches - about the size of a CD - is enough for a hedgehog to get through a fence, experts say.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Henry Johnson, hedgehog officer for the People’s Trust for Endangered Species, urged people to take steps in people garden to help hedgehogs find food and shelter.
article_snippet.sent: For more people to see hedgehogs in the future, we need more holes in fences, joining up gardens, and more insect-friendly gardening.