We asked Dandara if they would help, and they were quick to respond.” The loss of hedgehogs would be absolutely devastating to our environment, which is why it is so vital to have measures in place to protect them. Lisa Archibald, head of sales at Dandara Scotland, said, “Preserving and nurturing the wildlife and environment in which we build is vitally important to us and we were only too happy to install the highways after the issue was highlighted to us by Eskbank & Newbattle Community Council.”Ĭhristina Harley of Eskbank & Newbattle Community Council commented, “In the last 20 years, hedgehog numbers have dropped by a third in urban areas and by half in rural areas. The housebuilder has installed small gaps under boundary fences, creating a highway that provides a safe and connected network of green space that hedgehogs can roam through.ĭandara added that with hedgehogs listed as vulnerable to extinction in the UK, the highways will help to increase habitats and provide refuge from pressures such as traffic and habitat loss.ĭandara has also made a £500 donation to Forth Hedgehog Hospital in Rosyth, which will be used to feed and look after injured hedgehogs.
DANDARA East Scotland has announced it is launching ‘hedgehog highways’ at its Eskbank Gardens development near Dalkeith, in a move designed to protect the vulnerable creatures.
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