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Article: HANDS OFF OUR HEDGEHOGS, AMERICA!; 'It's a diabolical and disgusting trade that the Americans should be ashamed of...'.(Features)

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The People (London, England)
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April 21, 1996
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They feed on slugs and have spines of steel. And now animal-mad Americans are using them to hog the limelight.

Mark Christy and Lisa Burrow report on a bizarre new pet craze...

Surely it could only happen in America. Who else but a crazy Yank would want a flea-ridden pet that only comes out at night, eats slugs and can't be cuddled?

But it's true. The latest trend across the Pond is to own a hedgehog.

Bored Americans who want something new to show off to their jaded friends have decided that THE pet to have is a hedgehog.

And in ...

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