Two boys have been arrested after a hedgehog was kicked to death "like a football". Police said they received reports a "trio of teenagers" had attacked the animal on Hayton Close in Sunderland on ...

The hedgehog was put down after suffering four breaks to its back legs and a broken spine A group of young boys kicked a hedgehog around "like a football", breaking its spine and legs, the RSPCA ...

A hedgehog that blew up to the size of a football has been saved by rescuers after she was spotted from a bus in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire. The hedgehog, called Bounce, was found in a field on ...