The number of hedgehogs being admitted with injuries from grass strimmers has alarmed a conservation organization.
The Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group advised people to "check before you chop" and claimed that strimmer injuries could be prevented with "a little forethought.".
According to the group, the majority of the injured animals had to be put to sleep because of the seriousness of their wounds.
It is currently advising people on how to trim without hurting animals.
Remembering that overgrown grassy areas and hedgerows serve as homes for animals and insects is something the group is urging people to do.
According to the report, Jersey's housing shortage "extends to nature," and the construction of more homes would result in a further loss of wildlife habitat.
We've grown more concerned by the influx of sick and injured hedgehogs, according to the group's Gill Morgan.
"Six people have recently presented with strimmer injuries, but only one has survived. ".
Please check for sleeping hedgehogs and other wildlife in the long grass and under hedges before you start, Ms. Morgan urged. ".
A boot, gloved hands, a rake, or a stick can be used to gently move any animals out of harm's way, according to the Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group.
Hedgehogs, unlike some other mammals, do not flee when startled instead choosing to curl up into a ball, which the group claimed offered "no defense" against a strimmer.
The group claimed that since hedgehog mothers were currently nursing their young, the babies had little chance of surviving if the mother was killed, hurt, or the nest was disturbed.
