RPY_HEDGEHOG_03

A tiny baby hedgehog had a prickly start to life after he was found abandoned just minutes after his birth - with his UMBILICAL CORD still attached. See Ross Parry copy RPYHEDGEHOG : Tiny Tom Thumb even still had blood on his nose from birth when he was discovered by a curious cat in a garden in Ripon, North Yorks. The adorable bundle of spikes was all alone after being abandoned by his mother, but has now recovered from his ordeal. Tom Thumb, so called because he is so tiny, was taken to Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary and is being hand-reared by staff who are at his beck and call through the day and night.