A New Zealand man has been charged with using a hedgehog as an offensive weapon. Police in the North Island town of Whakatane said William Singalargh hurled the hedgehog at a 15-year-old.
“It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," Senior Sergeant Bruce Jenkins told reporters.
The ghastly crime has shocked the world, harking back to a savage era when gangs of brigands would terrorise law-abiding citizens with savage star-nosed moles, and highwaymen would threaten travellers with brutal, slavering badgers.
Gordon Brown is studying the case with interest, and has not ruled out the introduction of a wildlife ban in the interests of public safety.
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