Hi simbo65
That’s brilliant news you’ve seen the amputee. I know exactly what you mean about getting attached to the underdog! But I think it’s a natural thing. I think humans like to be needed and it’s those hogs like your amputee and Siili with her eyes, that seem to need us more, somehow. Or maybe that’s just how we like to think! But it’s also knowing what they have been through to get to where they are now. I keep telling myself, that whatever happens from now, at least Siili has had this time of being a wild hedgehog again. But of course, I hope that she has a long and happy life and produces lots of hoglets!
I’m not sure about the Data Protection angle. I imagine if someone has given their permission, it should be o.k. It might be worth your local rescue giving a copy of the information about the importance of releasing hogs where they came from to the vets http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BHPS-Guidance-For-relasing-Rehabilitated-Hedgehogs.pdf
After all the trouble, first the vets and then the rescue people have gone to, to get the hogs fit for release, it would be so much better if the hogs could have the best chance possible, by being released back where they came from, or as near to it as possible. It makes it harder for you too. Much more worrying circumstances for you, if you know the hogs don’t know the area, etc.
Good luck. Hope you keep seeing the amputee hog.
