Madras hedgehog facing decline in Tenkasi

TENKASI: Uncontrolled poaching of the endangered Madras hedgehog, coupled with habitat loss from urbanisation and vehicular threats, may be causing a population decline in Tenkasi, according to a recent study by wildlife researcher Brawin Kumar and PhD scholar Abinesh Muthaiyan.

Their paper, published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa on April 26, is based on surveys conducted in 38 villages from July 2021 to September 2023.