Updates On 11th Jun 2014

WINDOW WASHING CREW USE THEIR POLES TO SAVE DROWNING HEDGEHOG

Hedgehogs can swim, but a crew from Archer Window Cleaners in Manchester, England recently found one in distress in the Ashton Canal.

�One of the lads spotted something in the water and he thought it might be a turtle or something at first,” the company’s founder Chris Oaks told the Manchester Evening News.�But when we got a bit closer we realized it was a little hedgehog. It was really small so can�t have been very old.”

Oaks said that the hedgehog was visibly struggling and would have drowned without intervention. Without hesitation, the guys hatched a rescue plan using the extendable poles of their window washing equipment. They had no trouble gaining the cooperation of the hedgehog who readily accepted help.

The hedgehog was taken to a local veterinary clinic and the window washers were able to return the healthy animal to his home a few days later.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/GreatAnimalRescueChase/photos/a.135..

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