Cali, Colombia, Oct 28, 2024 (AFP) - Mowed down by cars, European hedgehog numbers shrinking

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The Western European hedgehog -- the prickly, nocturnal critter people love to encounter in the garden -- is in decline, mowed down by cars as its shrinking habitat forces it to move ever closer to humans. An updated Red List of Threatened Species published Monday at the UN's COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, downgraded the hedgehog's status from "least concern" to "near threatened." The next level on the list kept by the International......

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