Animal rescue in Schellweiler

Young hedgehogs have to put on winter fat now. One that is out in daylight, staggers or weighs clearly under 500 grams at the beginning of November will not make it through hibernation alone.

What you can do

• Leave piles of leaves and brushwood where they are – that is their winter home.
• Run robotic mowers only in daylight, never at dusk or at night.
• In dry weather put out a shallow bowl of water. No milk – hedgehogs cannot digest it.

When the clocks change, rush hour falls into dusk – exactly when wild animals cross. Most wildlife collisions happen in autumn and spring.

What you can do

• Slow down along woods and fields, especially in the morning and evening.
• If an animal is at the roadside: dip your lights, sound the horn, brake. Do not swerve.
• After a collision secure the scene and call the police (110) – they inform the responsible hunter.

Most kittens are born in spring and autumn – many outdoors, without shelter. Autumn kittens are hit hardest by wet and cold.

What you can do

• Have your own outdoor cats neutered, microchipped and registered.
• Do not chase away a mother cat with young and do not simply take the kittens – call us or the local animal welfare group first.
• Report shy, thin or sick cats so they can be caught, treated and neutered.