RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - Ten overweight hedgehogs have had to go on strict diets and exercise regimes after they ate so much on the streets of Israel they struggled to curl up into a ball to fend off predators.
Animal lovers found them waddling around and brought them into the hospital Ramat Gan zoo.
Staff there said the hedgehogs had probably been snacking on food left out for pets.
"A lot of people put cat food on the streets for the stray cats, which is very nice but ... the problem is that there's other wildlife that eats it," zookeeper Becka Rifkin told Reuters.
One adult male named Sherman was 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) when he arrived at the facility two months ago, almost double the average weight for a hedgehog his age
lesdmd
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Any photos available? I love this story.
It had photos i'm sorry i did not copy them. if you google Reuters news you should find them.
lesdmd
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DirtFarmer
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After reading the title I thought it referred to me during the winter when I don't get enough exercise.
jeffstone123 wrote:
RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - Ten overweight hedgehogs have had to go on strict diets and exercise regimes after they ate so much on the streets of Israel they struggled to curl up into a ball to fend off predators.
Animal lovers found them waddling around and brought them into the hospital Ramat Gan zoo.
Staff there said the hedgehogs had probably been snacking on food left out for pets.
"A lot of people put cat food on the streets for the stray cats, which is very nice but ... the problem is that there's other wildlife that eats it," zookeeper Becka Rifkin told Reuters.
One adult male named Sherman was 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) when he arrived at the facility two months ago, almost double the average weight for a hedgehog his age
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As the signs at all zoos say, "Do Not Feed the Animals."
People like to feed bread to ducks, but that's very bad for them.
jerryc41 wrote:
As the signs at all zoos say, "Do Not Feed the Animals."
People like to feed bread to ducks, but that's very bad for them.
"...that's very bad for them." For whom? The ducks or the people?
Old Ukrainian saying, "May you be kicked by a duck." *OUCH!* Big ducks kick harder than little ducks. And no way to duck them!
lesdmd wrote:
Any photos available? I love this story.
Some photos from haaretz.com, Israel news...
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