Hedgehog helper

SIR – Philip Corp (Letters, May 15) is right to blame badgers for slaying hedgehogs. When we moved to our house near Cholmondeley in 2000, we put in a cattle grid. There was a small ramp in it and I asked the contractor what it was for. “For hedgehogs,” he replied, “so they can climb out if they fall through the grid. Lord Cholmondeley insists on every cattle grid having one.”

There were many hedgehogs then and there are still plenty of badgers – but I have not seen a hedgehog for 18 years.

John Bromley-Davenport

Malpas, Cheshire