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- - We protect wildlife in Britain and around the world by bringing our most threatened species back from the brink of extinction. We do this through ground-breaking research, practical conservation and education, all with the help of our supporters.
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- - Some habitats contain such a richness of life that we need to protect them at all odds. We are working to preserve ancient woodlands, orchards and wood pastures and parklands, as well as the countless species they support.
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- - Everything we do is based on scientific evidence. We gather this through surveys, which you can take part in, and by awarding research grants to the most inspiring scientists worldwide. This evidence guides our conservation efforts and is shared through our events and publications.
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- - People’s Trust for Endangered Species was set up in 1977 to save our wildlife. We are governed by a board of volunteer trustees and our team of staff are passionate about protecting endangered species and places.
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- - We strive to bring our most threatened species in the UK and around the world back from the brink of extinction. Our successes come from ground-breaking research, practical conservation and education, all with the help of our supporters.
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- - There are so many ways you can help save endangered species. Fancy taking part in a survey, joining us on a wildlife event or becoming a regular supporter?
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- - There is nothing natural about the alarming rate at which we are losing animals and their homes. It is absolutely avoidable. We can stop the loss of our wildlife – but we need your support. You can act now by choosing to give to our cause. Thank you.

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Hedgehog appeal

I'll help a hedgehog

Hedgehog appeal

I'll help a hedgehog

Hedgehogs are struggling to survive in the UK

Over the last 20 years, hedgehog numbers have dropped by a third in urban areas. Collectively, we’re making hedgehogs’ lives unnecessarily hard by paving over our front gardens, installing impenetrable fences, and killing up to 250,000 on our roads every year.

And hedgehogs in rural areas are declining fast. There are drastically fewer invertebrates to eat, and huge areas of natural habitat have been replaced by farmland, roads and buildings. We’ve lost up to half the hedgerows we had at the end of WW2. Britain has lost nearly half its natural biodiversity.

We’re working with landowners, farmers and developers to make green spaces more wildlife friendly.
We’re restoring and repairing hedgerows, which are vital wildlife corridors through our hedgerow campaign.
We run Hedgehog Street, our campaign with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which has over 100,000 people adapting their gardens for hedgehogs.

Your support can help save hedgehogs from freefalling to extinction. Credits: Hugh Warwick, Martina Nowak / Shutterstock.com, Lauren Moore.

Here’s how your gift can help:

Inspire someone to make their garden hedgehog friendly

Protect hedgehogs and their habitats in the countryside

Fund research into the hedgehog decline and how to fight it

Yes I’d like to help hedgehogs

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