They are dangerous to hedgehogs
The UK's largest woodland charity has has issued an urgent plea not to dump disused pumpkins in woodland as Halloween approaches. The vegetable's flesh is dangerous to hedgehogs and also has a damaging effect on local plantlife.
The charity owns and cares for more than 1,000 free-to-visit woods across the UK, including Hazel & Thoroughsale Woods in Corby and Kentle Wood in Daventry.As the Trust's Engagement and Communication Officer, Paul Bunton, explains: “A myth seems to have built up that leaving pumpkins in woods helps wildlife. People think they’re doing a good thing by not binning them in landfill and instead leaving them for nature.
Worse, the trust says the pumpkin problem seems to be starting earlier and earlier, with supermarkets flooded with cheap pumpkins for sale and pumpkin-picking growing in popularity as a family activity in the run-up to Halloween. Paul continued: "Thousands of tonnes of pumpkin gets thrown away in the UK after Halloween each year, so it would be great if we could all put that to better use.”
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