Hey you, I need you.

It squints into the sun, limps and rolls over: The little hedgehog has hurt itself and can’t find its way home. Now it needs your help and our care. You don’t have to be a vet or take in a hedgehog to save it. It will help us enormously if you support us with a few francs.

THANK YOU! Also from the hedgehog.

Who are we?

Hedgehog Help Switzerland

Igelhilfe Schweiz is an organization that maintains its own hedgehog station in Niedergösgen and is committed to saving hedgehogs and biodiversity throughout Switzerland, which is vital for a varied diet for hedgehogs and enormously important for the entire wildlife world.

Why do we need it?

Fewer and fewer care facilities for hedgehogs

Have we forgotten our little prickly friends? There are fewer and fewer institutions that can afford to care for the little charges and have the time to do so. Many have had to close and can no longer look after injured, sick or motherless hedgehog children. We would like to give them back their human care. With food, shelter and by creating an awareness for the animal-friendly treatment of the little charges.

Laboratory for examinations

Feel-good climate with floor and wall heating

First aid & medical assessment

Online tool for vet & hedgehog station

Our hedgehog station meets the latest animal welfare standards

A laboratory for examinations and a feel-good climate with a cave feeling thanks to floor and wall heating: the temporary home has become even more comfortable for our hedgehogs and hedgehog kids. We can also handle initial care better and decide whether the new arrivals can stay with us or need a vet. To do this, we have built an online tool with the company Exolynk free of charge, which the vet and our hedgehog station can access directly from anywhere.

Media reports

Hedgehog Relief Switzerland is always in the media spotlight. In this section you will find exciting reports, interviews and features from radio, television and the press that provide an insight into our daily work.

Discover how much passion and commitment we put into our work for injured and orphaned hedgehogs.

400 emergencies a year: insight into the work of Hedgehog Relief Switzerland

These small, prickly creatures often get into trouble. Hedgehogs are run over, do not find enough food or are injured during gardening work. They are cared for and nursed back to health at the hedgehog station run by the Swiss Hedgehog Rescue Association in Niedergösgen.

SRF Kids visit our hedgehog station

The SRF Kids Reporter:innen program was our guest!

In the report, you will find out how our little prickly friends are cared for, why mealworms are so important for hedgehogs – and what it means to make an injured hedgehog fit for the wild again.

Hedgehog Help Switzerland on KanalK

Dear friends of Igelhilfe, we are pleased to inform you that an informative report about our work has appeared on KanalK, your local radio station. Let’s listen to it together and spread the message of hedgehog conservation. Visit KanalK’s website now!

Hedgehog Help Switzerland in 20 Minuten

The newspaper 20 Minuten reported on our work and explained how you can really help hedgehogs in need – and which well-intentioned tips can even harm them.

Hedgehog Help Switzerland on TeleM1

We are delighted that the TV station TeleM1 has reported on our hedgehog charity in the program “Tierisch”. In this report, you will gain exciting insights into our work and the rescue of our prickly friends.

Watch the video here and find out more about our mission and the hedgehogs who urgently need our help.

Hedgehog Help Switzerland on +41

We are proud that our association Igel-Hilfe was featured in the TeleM1 program “+41”. The program offers fascinating insights into our activities and shows how we work to save hedgehogs.

We invite you to watch the video here and learn more about our mission and the hedgehogs that need our support.

Important!

There is no hedgehog hatch, as we have to adhere to the regulations and are only allowed to offer a limited number of places. Unfortunately, this means that we sometimes have to turn away a hedgehog, even though this hurts our hearts. However, we can guarantee that we will be able to exist for generations to come.

How we help

How you can help

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Together we offer a helping hand to hedgehogs in need.