mammal – While a poacher has just been sentenced to prison for hunting hedgehogs in order to cook and eat them, “20 Minutes” takes stock of this small, fragile mammal under pressure.
It’s not just badgers who can open up a hedgehog that has curled up in a ball in order to eat it, poachers do too. Just recently, a man in the Hautes-Pyrénées who boasted on social media about knowing how to cook them was caught. He was tried on Tuesday and sentenced to six months in prison and a fine of 6,900 euros that he will have to pay to five associations for the capture of nearly 400 European hedgehogs. Beyond the taste (we haven’t tested it), its possible nutritional values, and even if the question may seem surprising but arises in view of the current situation regarding these small mammals: Can we kill and eat hedgehogs, and why? 20 Minutes takes stock.
The answer is obviously no, and for many reasons. Not because they have a cute little face that attracts sympathy. Nor to be taken as a pet, (which happens more and more often and is forbidden). And even less because its thorns could be badly digested. But more seriously because they have an important role in the ecosystem and it is a protected species.
Because the preservation of this unique spiny mammal is of great importance(…) - 20minutes
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