Although you may see hedgehog casualties on the road, it is only a tiny proportion of the total number of hedgehogs that are killed by traffic here in New Zealand. Of 214 hedgehogs tagged by R. E. Brockie in suburban Lower Hutt between 1970 and 1972, only 4% were actually run over during that period. Out in the country the proportion would be even smaller.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 16, Issue 3, 1 August 1985, Page 35
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65Although you may see hedgehog casualties on the road, it is only a tiny proportion of the total number of hedgehogs that are killed by traffic here in New Zealand. Of 214 hedgehogs tagged by R. E. Brockie in suburban Lower Hutt between 1970 and 1972, only 4% were actually run over during that period. Out in the country the proportion would be even smaller. Forest and Bird, Volume 16, Issue 3, 1 August 1985, Page 35
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