内容摘要：Tah spent 10 seasons with Leverkusen, winning the Bundesliga and German Cup double unbeaten during the 2023-24 season under manager Xabi Alonso,

Tah spent 10 seasons with Leverkusen, winning the Bundesliga and German Cup double unbeaten during the 2023-24 season under manager Xabi Alonso,

Road traffic accidents were "one of the biggest" reasons hedgehogs needed her care, she explained.Ms Pudney, 50, said she could provide care for up to 15 of these spiny mammals at a time. Some stay for weeks or months until they are healthy enough to survive in the wild, she says.

"That can be quite a lot of work as they're quite complex little creatures."She is currently caring for Dingle who came to her in December after being found in a back garden weighing less than an apple at just 272g (9.6oz) and missing most of his spikes while suffering with two skin diseases.Now, almost six months on and having increased his weight by four times to 1.2kg (2.6lb), Ms Pudney hopes Dingle will return to where he was found in the next week.

"He's regrown his spines lovely. I'm just waiting for the last batch to grow because until he has his spines, he can't protect himself against any predators," she said.Ms Pudney runs the service while also volunteering at a local cat rescue and for the charity Cats Protection.

She said she had received extra training from a veterinary nurse.

"I soon realised that Brightlingsea has got a really healthy population of hedgehogs, particularly in certain areas," she continued."Allowing a domestic poultry flock known to be exposed to avian influenza to remain alive allows a potential source of the virus to persist," CFIA said this month.

"It would increase the possibility of reassortment or mutation, particularly with birds raised in open pasture where there is ongoing exposure to wildlife. This could also increase the human health risk."Court records show Universal Ostrich Farms, based in the community of Edgewood, raises the birds for their meat and eggs and for antibody research. The farm said 398 ostriches face being killed. Ms Pasitney said the birds have been kept exclusively for research since 2020.

The farm had sought an exemption from the cull but CFIA said the birds did not meet the necessary criteria.The outbreak began on the farm last December and killed about 70 ostriches over two months, according to court records.