The Essex Wildlife Trust wants people to build hedgehog houses and put holes in their garden fences.
Essex Wildlife Trust commissioned the painting on a wall at the High Chelmer shopping centre in Chelmsford
Hedgehog numbers have decreased in the last 10 years and the trust wants to encourage people to help them.Image caption, The trust is also launching a new Nature Neighbours campaign to help protect vulnerable species over the colder seasons, which is concentrating on hedgehogs for its inaugural year. "This mural is raising awareness of all the things people can do to help, but it's also a really, really important reminder that we have to protect wildlife at the moment, whether that's on nature reserves or in cities, nature is everywhere and everyone can do something."
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