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Hedgehogs on Uist

Alexander Hamilton made this Freedom of Information request to Scottish Natural Heritage

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From: Alexander Hamilton

28 August 2009

Dear Sir or Madam, Please can you supply the numbers for Hedgehogs
killed on N & S Uist as part of your eradication programme

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Hamilton

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From: Gwen Evans
Scottish Natural Heritage

31 August 2009

Dear Mr Hamilton,

Thank you for your request. As directed by the Scottish Information
Commissioner’s guidance we are applying the exemption set out in section 39(2)
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to the information you have
requested. As it is in the public interest to do so, we have considered your
request under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations (2004)
(“EIRs”).

The Uist Wader Project started work in 2003. Since 2007, no hedgehogs have
been culled and all have been translocated to the mainland via Uist Hedgehog
Rescue. Please find the information you requested and additional information
for the number of translocated animals.

Total North Uist Benbecula South Uist
2003 66 66 0 0
2004 266 24 242 0
2005 195 36 159 0
2006 168 28 140 0

The following hedgehogs have all been handed over to Uist Hedgehog Rescue.
2007 245 9 235 1
2008 298 1 288 9
2009 121 0 111 10

I hope you find this useful. If you are dissatisfied with how we have responded
to your information request, please write to us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth,
PH1 3EW or email us at [SNH request email], explaining your concerns. Our Director of
Strategy and Communications, John Thomson or his nominated delegate will carry
out a review of our response and provide an outcome within 20 working days.

If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish
Information Commissioner. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:

Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/

Yours faithfully,

Gwen Evans
Project Officer, Uist Wader Project

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From: Alexander Hamilton

31 August 2009

Dear Gwen Evans, thank you for your prompt response. I am unclear
as to what the first set of figures refer to, and what the columns
represent, I would be grateful if you could just give the total
figure as requested.Unless your preamble was to say that you are
taking the "fith"

Yours sincerely,Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

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Peter Jones left an annotation (31 August 2009)

Scottish Natural Heritage's response appears to contain the information you requested, just the text is slightly misaligned.

In the first set of data there are four columns: Year; Total number of hedgehogs culled; Number culled on North Uist; Number culled on Benbecula; Number killed on South Uist.

So in 2003 there were 66 hedgehogs culled in total. Of these (all) 66 were culled on North Uist, 0 culled on Benbecula and 0 culled on South Uist.

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From: Gwen Evans
Scottish Natural Heritage

2 September 2009

Dear Alexander,

Please accept my apologies for my previous e-mail being unclear: the format of
the e-mail had obviously changed to become unintelligible. Please find the same
information in the attached excel spreadsheet.

The total number of animals culled is 695.

Since 2007, the policy was changed so that all hedgehogs captured would be
handed over to Uist Hedgehog Rescue. To date this number is 664.

Yours sincerely,

Gwen Evans

Gwen Evans
Project Officer
Uist Wader Project
Stilligarry
South Uist
Western Isles
HS8 5RS

Tel: 01870 620 300
[mobile number]
Fax: 01870 620 350
E-mail: [email address]
Web site: http://www.snh.org.uk/scottish/wisles/wa...

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