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Superintendent Mike Flynn                                             
Operation Support
SSPCA
Braehead Mains
603 Queensferry Road
Edinburgh EH4 6EA                                                                     
Dear Mr Flynn
I write as a member of the Dutch Hedgehog Association in support 
of the opposition to the Scottish Natural Heritage�s proposed cull 
of the hedgehogs on Uist.
I understand that the SSPCA supports the cull because once 
the hedgehogs are caught they are killed and therefore there 
is no further suffering.  
This logic could equally apply to pets that have been injured 
or are ill but is not applied (for example) to dogs in SSPCA kennels 
that suffer from kennel stress.
In the case of the Uist hedgehogs some mental stress will almost 
certainly occur but any �suffering� would be kept to a minimum 
with the result that healthy hedgehogs are captured and with a 
carefully planned relocation programme would be released back 
into the wild.
I don't want to see hedgehogs suffering unnecessarily, nor see any 
relocation have a detrimental effect on the mainland population 
of hedgehogs but know that the BHPS has proposed a balanced 
relocation plan which I would support.  
I ask that the SSPCA consults organisations with hedgehog expertise 
like the Britisch Hedgehogs Preservation Society (BHPS) 
and reconsiders its policy on the Uist hedgehogs.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
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