“ Up to 335,000 hedgehogs are dying each year on UK roads, a study suggests.
The figure represents a three-fold mortality rate on 2016 data, described as "alarming" by a team at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) researchers.
A study in 2016 put the UK road death figure at 100,000 but experts suggested that was a "mid-line estimate".
Researchers said measures such as tunnels and speed bumps "could" protect the animals but ultimately relied on drivers'”
Hedgehog road deaths in UK '''as high as 335,000''' - BBC News
The figure represents a three-fold mortality rate on 2016 data, described as "alarming" by a team at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) researchers.
A study in 2016 put the UK road death figure at 100,000 but experts suggested that was a "mid-line estimate".
Researchers said measures such as tunnels and speed bumps "could" protect the animals but ultimately relied on drivers'”
Hedgehog road deaths in UK '''as high as 335,000''' - BBC News
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