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A hedgehog spray-painted to resemble Sonic died at Castleford Hedgehog Rescue the morning after a farmer found him behind Wakefield Police Station.

Rescuer Beth Campsill called it her worst spray-paint cruelty case in 16 years and attributed his death to infected chemical burns and possible poisoning.

The case follows a July incident in Leeds, where police arrested four males after someone coated a hedgehog named Honey in blue and yellow paint.

A hedgehog spray painted to look like Sonic has died after a farmer found him in a field behind a police station.

On Tuesday (October 27), the adult male hedgehog was taken to Castleford Hedgehog Rescue in Wakefield, UK, at around 4 P.M.…