Rare Pets: Hedgehogs

I’m aware that most of my posts on the Pets blog relate to cats or dogs. They’re the most common pets in America, and also the two pets I own, so the majority of my articles focus on them. I thought I’d change things up a bit, however, with a new recurring column on rare pets. Today I take a look at the hedgehog. Hedgehogs have fascinated me from an early age, ever since my childhood introduction to Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game and cartoon character. Real hedgehogs, however, don’t look anything like Sonic, with his spiky blue ‘do … Continue reading

Assault with a Deadly Hedgehog

An animal attacking a person usually makes the headlines… but you might have missed this story of a man who used a pet as a weapon. A New Zealand man has been charged with assault with a weapon. The weapon he used? A hedgehog. Earlier this year, the man allegedly threw a hedgehog at a fifteen year old boy. The hedgehog hit the boy in the leg, leaving a good sized welt and several puncture marks behind. According to police, the boy did not need medical treatment for his hedgehog-induced injury. The man was arrested for assault with a weapon, … Continue reading