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Brian May launches campaign to save Britain's hedgehogs

Queen icon Brian May has launched a campaign called #AmazingGrace to save Britain's hedgehogs

The guitarist's Save Me Trust and Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue have teamed up to create the campaign and May explained that it's so important to raise awareness for the dwindling population of the prickly creatures:

"The UK’s hedgehogs are in trouble. Our hedgehog population has dropped dramatically from 35 million to less than a million in the last forty years. We want to highlight the dangers faced by hedgehogs in Britain today and the threat of how they could be extinct by 2025 - that’s less than 10 years - unless we can help them."

The campaign will be launched on Tuesday, April 26 at the Atlee Room, Portcullis House at 10am and is sponsored by Members of Parliament Andrea Jenkyns MP and Oliver Colville MP where attendees will be introduced to the star of the campaign, ‘Grace’, a rescued hedgehog.

May added: "How shocking that hedgehogs are in danger of extinction in this country. We have destroyed most of the hogs' habitat by over development and ruined what’s left with poisons and restrictions on their movement. We CAN unite and give these wonderful creatures a chance. Help us spread the news.”

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