A little trooper - May 2011

Beryl the hedgehog on the mend after being shot in the head and having two legs broken

Sporting a bandage and still looking a little worse for wear, brave Beryl the hedgehog looks like she's finally on the road to recovery.
The tiny female hedgehog has amazed vets by somehow overcoming the shocking injuries inflicted on her just weeks ago in Northwood, Middlesex.

Beryl was cruelly shot in the head with an air rifle and kicked by heartless yobs.


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Getting better: Beryl puts a brave face on her shocking injuries after being shot in the head with an air rifle

The adorable creature was left with an air rifle pellet embedded in her jaw and also suffered two broken legs.

She was found stumbling around Northwood a few weeks ago and was immediately rushed to nearby St Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital, Bucks, for emergency treatment.

Beryl was put in intensive care and had both her ankles plastered.

She will need physiotherapy and hydrotherapy and may need surgery on a knee fracture.

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Horrific: An x-ray shows the air rifle pellet lodged in Beryl's jaw, as well as both of her broken back legs

Les Stocker, founder of St Tiggywinkles said: "Everyone at Tiggys is appalled that some imbecile would shoot a hedgehog in the head and then kick it.

'Unfortunately it's too dangerous to remove the pellet from her jaw.

'It doesn't seem to have affected her eating as she's been eating like a horse since arriving here.
'She a little trooper and everyone here dotes over her. I'm sure she'll make a full recovery.'

makes me feel sick that people can do this to a animal .x

Me too - hopefully by sharing these stories more of us will become aware that this is actually happening to our animals and wild life x

yeah i think your right Helen .. how is the snow by you ??

Gone x

Aww that's good cold here tonight x

Cold here - supposedly minus 5 - heating on, fires on in conservatory - warm x

Oh no, this is terrible... glad she seems to be getting on with it and making a full recovery. I love her name. I think I might have to have a Beryl someday

xoxox

Good name isn't it xx