Hedgehog crossing the road. Credit: Danmaks Pindsvin, WWF Denmark.
Ruud Kleinpaste joins us on Newstalk ZB to talk about something a bit different — a surprising piece of research into how we can protect hedgehogs from one of their biggest threats: roads.
Scientists studying hedgehog populations have found that something as simple as small changes to roadside design can dramatically reduce the number of these little animals killed on the road. It's the kind of low-cost, high-impact intervention that conservation work loves to find.
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Tune into Newstalk ZB for Ruud Kleinpaste's regular slots discussing wildlife, gardens, and the natural world. Recent segments are available via the Newstalk ZB podcast feed.
