Article: Backstory: A heavenly home for hedgehogs; St. Tiggywinkles, Britain's first wildlife hospital, rehabilitates injured animals whose paths collide with man.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)

Byline: Kendra Nordin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

AYLESBURY, ENGLAND -- Inside row upon row of rolled-up pastel towels, small, thorny creatures are snoozing. It's mid-morning after all, and hedgehogs simply do not like to rise before dusk.This isn't a hedgehog spa, nor a fantastical Beatrix Potter tale. This is St. Tiggywinkles - a wildlife hospital. It's where 500 hedgehogs are served meals in bed every day in the hope they'll put on enough weight to survive the winter.It also is a place with a royal stink."Why don't you turn on the fan, please?" says hospital founder Les Stocker to a nursing assistant. He turns and offers an apologetic grin to ...

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