“We are delighted that the Bank of England has launched a public consultation to decide which UK wildlife species could feature on future banknotes – and that the hedgehog is among those being considered,” Vass said.<\/p>\n
“The hedgehog is one of Britain’s most loved wild mammals, yet its populations have declined dramatically in recent decades. <\/p>\n
“As a species that has shared our gardens, parks and countryside for millennia, it deserves both recognition and protection.”<\/p>\n
The public consultation closes on 3 July, with people able to vote for their favourite species from a shortlist that also includes red foxes, brown hares, kingfishers, barn owls and buff-tailed bumblebees.<\/p>\n
Vass added: “Featuring hedgehogs on banknotes would be a wonderful way to celebrate an iconic part of our natural heritage, while raising awareness of the challenges facing these remarkable spiny mammals. <\/p>\n
“Greater visibility can help inspire more people to support conservation efforts and take simple actions to make their gardens and communities more hedgehog-friendly.”<\/p>\n
While the public can have their say, the final decision on which animals appear on future notes will be made by Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“We are delighted that the Bank of England has launched a public consultation to decide which UK wildlife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-629438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}