Hogs Lodge Hedgehog Sanctuary

I started caring for hedgehogs in 2002. In 2006 the charity 'The Hogs Lodge Hedgehog Sanctuary' was launched. I am based in Bordon, Hampshire, and work full time as a bookkeeper. My husband Kevin runs a Gardening Maintenance Service and has been very supportive by cultivating a hedgehog friendly garden, and over the years has helped me raise the many hedgehogs that have passed through my care.

All the hedgehogs we receive in are initially kept in a specially built shed, when they are big enough they are moved into a cold shed, where they either hibernate over winter for release in Spring, or get them ready for release back to the wild. I can cater for up to 20 hedgehogs at any one time.

I am now recognised locally as an expert in the care of hedgehogs, and I am called upon throughout the year to help orphaned hedgehogs.

Occasionally, for a few hedgehogs it is not possible to be released; this is normally through a permanent injury or disability that would effect them surviving in the wild.