Supporting biodiversity on your doorstep – help for hedgehogs
The preservation of biodiversity is important for society and the well-being of all. PFALZKOM has set itself the goal of becoming active itself and supporting biodiversity in the region – because everyone can make a contribution. To this end, we are developing a biodiversity concept for the company and launched the first campaign in fall of 2024. Because the hedgehog, the wild animal of the year 2024, needs our support!
Due to the current situation, we have decided to carry out a campaign for hedgehogs in fall. The European Hedgehog (also known as the Common Hedgehog or West European Hedgehog) is a protected species in Germany and is now a potentially endangered species according to the international red list. If populations continue to decline, the hedgehog will soon be threatened with extinction. Numerous hedgehogs die in road traffic and from robotic lawnmowers or are seriously injured by garden tools. Insect mortality, climate change, the sealing of green spaces, the spraying of poison or the use of robotic mowers at night and at dusk are causing problems for nocturnal hedgehogs. In Bavaria, for example, the hedgehog population has declined by around 50 percent in the last ten years.
A cozy place to sleep in Mutterstadt
We have set up two hedgehog hotels in each of the PFALZKOM Data Centers, DCRN I and DCRN II, in Mutterstadt to help the prickly wild animal, as hedgehogs have already been spotted on the premises in the past. Every year, when it gets colder in autumn, hedgehogs start looking for a cozy place to hibernate. However, young hedgehogs in particular are often so busy looking for food that they neglect to look for a home. A hedgehog house can help here as a shelter. At the edge of the Data Center grounds, we worked as a team to hide a total of four hedgehog houses in hedges and cover them with leaves to create a cozy place for the hedgehogs to sleep. We hope that hedgehogs have now moved in and that they will be able to have a peaceful hibernation on the PFALZKOM site. In summer, female hedgehogs can also use such a house as a nesting chamber for an entire hedgehog family. Let’s hope for a surprise! This measure is a first step towards more biodiversity on our sites, more news coming soon!
