Man fined for throwing hedgehog at teen

A New Zealand man who assaulted a teen by hitting him with a spine-covered hedgehog has been fined by a court and ordered to pay most of his fine to his victim.

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Police: Man Used Hedgehog As Weapon

A New Zealand man has been accused of assault with prickly weapon — a hedgehog. Police allege that William Singalargh picked up the hedgehog and threw it several yards to hit a 15-year-old boy in the North Island east coast town of Whakatane on Feb. 9.

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With Christmas just around the corner, many of us will pile on a few festive pounds, but it would take a substantial Christmas feast to outdo Snowball the hedgehog.

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This prickly customer gave police a run for their money after terrifying a family when it got trapped in their cellar.

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Herbie the hedgehog triggered a full scale police rescue when he got trapped in a fence passing through Heinz Fischer's garden in Kaarst, Germany.

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Rat stew, fox cub fricassee, hedgehog casserole – no it's not a medieval banquet, they're the main courses at Jonathan McGowan's roadkill dinner parties.

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To put it baldly, there are few sadder sights than a spineless hedgehog. But after some tender loving care at an animal sanctuary, this little fellow is bristling with good health again.

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An animal hospital is appealing for help to fix a hedgehog with no spines.

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It may look like a grubby bit of rock but this ancient carving has caused a stir among archaeologists and hedgehog lovers.

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As slimy as he is... at least Ron Jeremy earns an honest living. He is who he is... porn star or mainstream actor. Note to Time Magazine: the book is not new... the hardcover was released in Feb 2007, and the paperback in Jan 2008.

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Jackpot! is unusual in color and temperament. He acts like a baby when he is held. He holds my finger with his paws so the other finger can pet his back. He loves to be held by women and will cuddle with most everyone who holds him.

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Bernard is a chocolate hedgehog, that is why he is called Bernard, I named him after my favorite chocolate. The day I bought Bernard, he was the only one in a litter of seven that unrolled and actually started to interact with me.

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A Visitor in the Garden: Part One

The creatures parade through the garden in the beginning of May every year. Late yesterday evening it was the turn of Kotte the Hedgehog. He accepted a bit of pizza crust which he carefully ate in the fern garden.

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A man faces five years in jail after being accused of assaulting a teenager with a hedgehog. William Singalargh, 27, is said to have thrown the hedgehog from 15ft away during a row with the unnamed 15-year-old.

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A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported. Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.

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New Zealand man has been charged with assault after using a hedgehog as an improvised ninja star against a 15-year-old

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In some countries the advice of the local shaman or witch doctor is seen as almost infallible.

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IT'S a great temptation to tidy up the garden at the end of the season but try to resist it. Well, OK you can do a bit – but err on the side of caution because a lot of wildlife lives in the garden over the winter.

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Help us pick a "K" name for our newest addition to our family: A 4 month-old, baby girl, African pygmy hedgehog! The name must start with a "K", as all of our animals' names start with "K"...lol Drop by the blog and leave your suggestion or vote! Thanks in advance!

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Hedgehog wanders into washing machine, has a spin and lives to tell the tale. Ahh.

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A hedgehog is recovering after surviving a spin in a 40-degree washing machine cycle. The female creature was nicknamed Lucky by staff who have been caring for her at the Brent Lodge wildlife hospital, near Chichester, in West Sussex.

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Who ate all the tasty slugs and beetles? Michelin the hugely inflated hedgehog was certainly a strong candidate. But experts in Leatherhead discovered he had swelled to the size of a football because of a rare condition in which air from the lungs is trapped under the skin.

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Hedgehogs happily survive being moved from the Outer Hebrides to new homes in mainland Scotland, according to a study which has confounded official thinking. Scottish Natural Heritage, the Government's conservation adviser, has wiped out 690 hedgehogs over the past four years in …

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A Serbian man who went to a witchdoctor in search of a cure for premature ejaculation rather foolishly took the shaman's advice, viz: have sex with a hedgehog.

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