How roadside rubbish kills up to ten animals a day: Hedgehogs, squirrels, deer and foxes fall victim to litter

Roadside litter injures, traps or kills 10 animals every day, the RSPCA has revealed. The animal charity has warned that over the last three years, they received more than 10,000 reports of animals becoming distressed or even killed by discarded rubbish. It comes as separate research by National Highways reveals almost half of people are unaware that fruit peel and apple cores - which lure wildlife to their death - count as litter. A survey of 2,000 people also revealed that a third wrongly believe that dropping organic waste is beneficial to wildlife. While more than 90 per cent said they had never discarded litter onto the roadside, over 60 per cent said they had seen someone else doing it.