A THREE-LEGGED hedgehog who survived an injury against the odds has found a new home in the grounds of a Flintshire school.
Mr Bumble nearly had to be put down after being found injured on a street in Mold but is now settling into the eco-garden at Rhos Helyg Primary School in Rhosesmor after making a remarkable recovery.
He has been given his very own hedgehog house and has proved a hit with pupils.
Sheila Stewart, who runs Capricorn Animal Rescue Centre in Padeswood, visited the school to release the plucky, prickly creature into the eco-garden.
She said: “I got a call from a chap who found him in a street in Mold in a very bad way.
“He was very poorly and it turned out his hind leg had been fractured in a couple of places.
“The wound had turned black and the flesh was rotting away.
“I took him to a vet who said he would have to be put down, but against all the odds he pulled through.
“He had to have his leg amputated and had a lot going against him but he has got a very positive outlook on life.”
Mrs Stewart, who named the hedgehog Mr Bumble after the way he walks, added: “He is big enough to survive the winter but probably wouldn’t have managed in the
wild so putting him in an eco-garden where he is protected is the ideal situation.”
Gareth Roberts, headteacher at Rhos Helyg, contacted the rescue centre after learning that it re-housed hedgehogs.
He said: “Mr Bumble is settling in well and eating quite a bit of food.
“When you move a hedgehog it needs about a week or two to settle down but once he has built fat up again he will hibernate until April so we won’t be seeing much of him until then.
“Hedgehogs can eat up to 70 slugs a night so they are one of the best things to have in your garden to control pests.”