[weaseldropping]

The worst bit was when one of our neighbours told me this great "joke" - a family of hedgies had been in his garden - the two babies were "walking funny" - so he pushed one over with a broom and saw it had maggots all over its tummy - it did look funny! The others were all maggotty too - how they laughed!

Sadly, he didn't tell me this till about a week after it happened, so it was too late to do very much about it - nature had solved it by itself by then. I did suggest he took any more he found to the vet for swift euthanasia - it is completely free of charge - but he said there was no point with wild animals - they die quickly anyway. At this point I was gently led away by my 9 year old son before I got my bow and arrows and to kebab the man.

Have not spoken to him since.