Programme for the International Conference for Hedgehog Rehabilitators
The conference will take place from Saturday the 13th of January to Sunday the 14th of January 2024. This is a provisionary programme which may be subject to change:
Saturday the 13th of January 2024
08:30: Conference registration opens
Coffee, tea and snacks are served
9:45-10:00: Welcome to the International Conference for Hedgehog Rehabilitators
Session: UK hedgehog conservation NGOs and their initiatives
10:00-10:30: Nigel Reeve: “The BHPS – what we do”
10:30-10:45: Grace Johnson: “Introducing the National Conservation Strategy for Hedgehogs in Britain”
10:45-11:00: Paulina Malgorzata Pawlikowska: ”Introducing the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme”
11:00-11:30: Coffee break
Session: The importance of data
11:30-12:00: Kate Davies: “Legislation and policy as drivers of wildlife rehabilitation practice across Europe”
12-12:30: Anne Berger: “The importance of keeping hedgehog station protocols for hedgehog conservation and population monitoring”
12:30-13:00: Lucy Bearman-Brown: “An examination of temporal trends in hedgehog admissions to wildlife centres: lessons learnt and future recommendations”
13:00-13:45: Lunch
13:45-15:15 Workshop 1 (hedgehog database) and 2 (What research is needed and how to get updated and access the publications?)
15:15-15:30: Short break
Session: Pollutants in hedgehogs
15:30-16:00: Katharina Seilern-Moy: “Garden Wildlife Health – update on recent hedgehog disease investigations”
16:00-16:15: Sophie Lund Rasmussen: “Pesticides and biocides in the Danish population of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)”
16:15-16:45: Emily Thrift: “Assessing the presence of plastics within the European hedgehog’s diet – supplementary food and wild prey”
16:45-17:15: Coffee break
Session: Medical conditions and treatments of hedgehogs
17:15- 17:30: Yannick Van de Weyer: “Efficacy of levamisole, ivermectin and moxidectin against Capillaria spp. in European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)”
17:30-17:45: Rikke Hansen: “Is Tessie an option for light sedation of hedgehogs by the caretakers? – And why does Sileo not seem to work?”
17:45-18:00: Dylan Yaffy: “Describing a syndrome? Investigating “pug-nosed”/”dwarf” hedgehogs””
And finally, an important and uplifting last talk of the day
18:00-18:30: Hugh Warwick: “Why did the hedgehog cross the road?”
18:30-18:45: Rounding off and thank you for today!
19:00: Conference dinner
Sunday the 14th of January 2024
9:00: Good morning
Session: Hedgehogs under the microscope
9:00-9:15: Rikke Hansen: “How to handle wounds and abscesses in hedgehogs”
9:15-9:45: Emily Harper: “Scratching the surface: A systematic review of hedgehog parasites”
09:45-10:15: Barbora Bolfikova: “Hedgehogs and genes on the islands”
10:15-10:45: Coffee break
10:45-12:15: Workshop 1 (hedgehog database) and 2 (What research is needed and how to get updated and access the publications?)
12:15-13:00: Lunch
Session: Applying research for hedgehog conservation
13-13:30: Brawin Kumar: “People’s Perceptions: Unveiling Threats and Conservation Strategies for the Endemic Madras Hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris) in Tamil Nadu, India”
13:30-14: Sophie Lund Rasmussen & Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup: “Robotic lawn mowers and European hedgehogs- the process of designing a hedgehog safety test to create more hedgehog friendly robotic lawn mowers”
14:00-14:30: Coffee break
Session: Hedgehog conservation and regulation
14:30-15:00: Abigail Gazzard: “Assessing the statuses of hedgehogs in Europe”
15:00-15:30: Vicky Grant & Thomas Churchyard: “Introducing the Uist Native Wildlife Project”
15:30: Rounding off the conference, thank you, and get home safely!
