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Hedgehog House, Dhustone,
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6th
August 2008
Celebrity support for hedgehogs
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society is delighted to announce
five high profile patrons.
The Society asked the hedgehog loving celebrities to get
involved to help with their work and they were only too pleased to
accept.
The patrons of the Society are (alphabetically) Ann Widdecombe, Ben
Fogle, Chris Beardshaw, John Challis and Twiggy Lawson.
“These charming little creatures which give so much pleasure to so
many people are often under unrecognised threat. The collections at
both my parents’ funerals and indeed at my 60th birthday party were
for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and I am very honoured
to have been asked to become a patron.”
The Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe
MP
“I have always had an immense love of nature and wildlife, and feel
it is really important for people to take care of the animals with
which we share our planet. I look forward to learning more
about BHPS and its work now that I am a Patron for the Society.”
Ben Fogle
“The hedgehog is perhaps the gardener’s most useful mammal and as
part of a coherent strategy to introduce a broad range of wildlife
into the garden, I’m thrilled to be patron of the BHPS, with all the
good work they do to protect and preserve this now threatened member
of the gardening community.”
Chris Beardshaw
“I am honoured to have been asked to become a patron of the BHPS.
It is essential that these endearing animals are protected.
I am lucky enough to have quite a few hedgehogs in my garden;
and I welcome them as allies in the war against slug and snail!
One of them lives in a hole in the nave wall of the old Abbey
and can often be seen pottering jauntily across the farmyard
seemingly oblivious to our two bemused cats!.”
John Challis
"I absolutely adore hedgehogs and always have. So when I was
asked to become a patron of the British Hedgehog Preservation
Society I was very happy to agree. The Society does a
wonderful job looking after these gorgeous creatures. We
should all try and help too."
Twiggy Lawson
Fay Vass, Chief Executive of the Society said “We are really pleased
to welcome our five patrons to the Society.
I know they all have a genuine interest in hedgehogs and our
work and I look forward to working together with them to further the
aims of the Society in the future.”
People wanting to get involved and find out how they can help
hedgehogs too, can visit the Society’s website at
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk
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For background information on any celebrity or for photographs,
please email
info@britishhedgehogs.org.uk or call 01584 890 801
Issued by British Hedgehog Preservation
Society
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