The couple are renowned animal lovers and environmentalists and now they have welcomed three baby rescue hedgehogs to their Queen Elizabeth Walled garden at Dumfries House in Scotland.
This garden is owned by The Prince’s Foundation, an educational charity established by the Prince of Wales in 1986.
On Friday, Clarence House shared a series of photographs and a video showing the four-month-old rescue hedgehogs settling into their new home.
They were nursed back to a healthy weight by volunteers at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue in Beith.
In the Instagram post, the Royal household explained: “The new additions aim to enrich biodiversity on the estate, while allowing the hedgehogs to enjoy a more natural setting.
“Special hedgehog houses have been built any Prince’s Foundation volunteer, Tom Anderson, to make the new residents more comfortable.
“The customised houses were made by up-cycling timber found on the Dumfries House estate.”
These are not the first animals the couple have rescued over the years.
Back in 2011, the Duchess of Cornwall adopting Jack Russell terrier, Beth, from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
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“I have long admired its efforts to tackle the many threats to the world’s wildlife, rivers, forests and seas.
“And I have come to see how effectively it uses its expertise and international reach to challenge thee causes of degradation, such as climate change and the unsustainable use of natural resources.
“It is important work – after all, our natural world is the most precious asset we have.”
Back in August, hedgehogs, along with the wildcat, red squirrel, water vole and hazel dormouse, were placed on the UK’s endangered species link.
This marks the first time the hedgehog features on the list.
Fiona Matthews, chair of the Mammal Society and professor at the University of Sussex, said: “I’m not saying they [the hedgehog] are going to go extinct in the next five years and actually it’s quite difficult to put a precise number on it, just as we can’t put a precise number on it for a lion or a tiger.
“What we’re saying is that the trajectory of travel is such that if we don’t do something really radical, a lot bolder, then yes, these species that were taken for granted… they are going to end up with our grandchildren not being able to see them.”
Factors such as extensive historical persecution, habit degradation and introducing non-native species all play a part in contributing to the threat posed to the existence of the mammals.
Critically endangered animals in the UK include the wildcat and the greater mouse-eared bat.
The beaver, red squirrel, water vote and grey long-eared bat are considered endangered while the hedgehog, hazel dormouse, Orkney vole, Serotine bat and Barbastelle bat are all vulnerable.
