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# People asked to join campaign to create “hedgehog highways”
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/people-asked-to-join-campaign-to-create-hedgehog-highways/
- Published: 2023-07-23T06:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-19T08:41:49.000Z
- Description: Lichfield and Burntwood residents are being urged to take part in a national initiative to create “hedgehog highways” in local gardens.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Environment, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01, News

Lichfield and Burntwood residents are being urged to take part in a national initiative to create “hedgehog highways” in local gardens.

The [Hedgehog Friendly Fencing](https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/hedgehog-friendly-fencing/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) campaign has been launched in a bid to make garden fencing with ready-made routes for wildlife available as industry standard.

Charities the [People’s Trust for Endangered Species](https://ptes.org/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) and [The British Hedgehog Preservation Society](https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) have teamed up as part of the Hedgehog Street scheme to ask the public to write to local and national fencing companies using template letters to request pre-made Hedgehog Highways in their products.

Grace Johnson, from Hedgehog Street, said:

> “Hedgehog numbers have plummeted in recent years, with losses of up to 75% in parts of the countryside.  
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> “They can travel 2km in a single night and fences prevent hedgehogs from accessing different gardens looking for food, shelter and potential mates, which is essential for their survival.  
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> “Making a Hedgehog Highway is an incredibly simple yet effective solution, especially if manufacturers and suppliers offered ready-made products as standard, and made customers and installers aware of them.  
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> “We really hope people will join us in the fight to save our native hedgehogs. We understand it takes time to develop new products, but if a company pledged their support at this stage, it would be a huge step forward for hedgehog conservation.”  
>  
> Grace Johnson, Hedgehog Street

To take part and access the template letters, visit [www.hedgehogstreet.org/hedgehog-friendly-fencing](http://www.hedgehogstreet.org/hedgehog-friendly-fencing?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).