Saving Spiky


One spring morning in 2008, as he was pedalling his bike back from work, de- livery driver Ron Wall noticed the life- less body of a tiny hedgehog on the road ahead of him. Gently moving it to the grass verge, he pedalled sadly on, only to be surprised by two more little hedge- hogs weaving an unsteady line down the tarmac in his direction. Know- ing that hedgehogs out in daylight, especially ones so young, were likely


BY LARA DUNN PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEAN GOLDSMITH


It all started with a hedgehog at the roadside. Before he knew it, Ron Wall had become a hog hero


to be in trouble, he tucked them care- fully into his bag and made for home. Today, 51-year-old Ron runs Leomin-


ster’s Hedgehog Rescue, his very own rescue centre, from his ordinary semi- detached house on a small estate in Shobdon, Herefordshire. Wooden hi- bernation boxes fill the greenhouse in his back garden, and feeding stations are scattered across the lawn. His work is all self-funded—with


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