Some Good News - McDonald's Changes Lids to Save Hedgehogs

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LONDON (Reuters) - Hedgehogs have finally humbled burger giant McDonald's after years of campaigning, forcing the company to redesign its killer McFlurry ice-cream containers.

Up to now the opening in the container has been large enough for hedgehogs to get their heads into for a lick of the left-over dessert -- a trap they have then been unable to withdraw from, so dying of starvation in untold numbers.

But from September 1, the wide-mouthed opening in the lid of the McFlurry containers will be reduced in size, making them too small for the sugar-loving animals to get their heads into.

"This is excellent, it is long overdue news," said Fay Vass, chief executive of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. "We have been in touch with McDonald's about this problem for over five years and are delighted that they have at last solved the problem."

McDonald's said in a statement the design change had resulted from pressure from the society which prompted "significant research and design testing" to develop new packaging.

"The smaller aperture of the lid has been designed to prevent hedgehogs from entering the McFlurry container in the unfortunate incidence that a lid is littered and is then accessible to wildlife," it added.

"wildlife" their corporation harms.

Not likely, true, but maybe????

I don't think I have ever seen an albino hedgehog before.

They just cost more to buy than regular colored ones and they don't really survive in the wild.

www.ronaldmchummer.com

...who's gonna save the beaver?...

I sometimes sit outside on the picnic table and just watch them come and go

My cute-o-meter gets full and I'm all warm and fuzzy for hours.

Reprehensible that it took THIS long!

(But, better late than never. Now, about all the OTHER abuses...)

They just tore down the one around the corner from my house. It looked brand new to me, al thought I've never been there. Maybe they'll put in a better healthier place..

and it won't be a problem :)

Damned whiny hedgehogs!

ok, ok, just having a little fun here...