Removing dumped, rotting pumpkin waste costs us precious time and money which we could instead be spending on vital conservation work. "Pumpkins can make wildlife such as hedgehogs ill if they eat them. Hedgehog autumn leaves forest (Image: scu)Ī spokesman for the Woodlands Trust said: "Thousands of tonnes of pumpkin get thrown away in the UK after Halloween each year - and some of those pumpkins sadly get dumped in our woods. Alternatively you could bury it well in the soil for the worms to feast on. If you don't want to do that, the best way to dispose of a pumpkin is in your food waste or compost bin. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society suggest hanging your pumpkins in trees to allow birds and squirrels to eat the fruit and keep them off the ground so as not to encourage hogs to eat them. At a time when hogs are filling up to get ready for hibernation, this could prove deadly. A large amount of this is likely to cause stomach upsets and diarrhoea. Pumpkin presents an easy meal for hedgehogs and they may gorge on the flesh. The trust has explained how thousands of tonnes of pumpkins are thrown away each Halloween - and if certain animals manage to get their paws on them, it can cause serious problems. READ MORE: Gran died for seven minutes before off-duty doctor brought her back to life The Woodlands Trust are now pleading with people not to dump their used pumpkins outside especially in woodlands. However this could be causing some serious problems for wild animals such as hedgehogs. It creates hours of fun - and maybe even a few arguments about the best way to carve along the way! But there's actually a bigger problem - what do you do with the droopy and starting to rot pumpkin after you have had your tea light burning in it for a few days?Ī lot of people think it's a great idea to put them outside and let the wildlife nibble at the leftovers.
It's that time of the year when people are taking their children to pumpkin patches and spending the evening carving them into ghoulish creatures.
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