Expired Hedgehogs

I found my second expired hedgehog in the garden this weekend. Well I said found, more accurately smelt as I think it had been there for a little while and there was this weird pong near where I was digging. For an animal that's supposed to be on the decline in Britain we get loads of the prickly creatures passing through. So much so that after the great hedgehog massacre of September 2007 we have to keep the dogs gated up near the house after dark. It's always very sad to find a dead animal in the garden. So far apart from hedgehogs I've only found the odd bird that's popped off it's mortal coil but we always make sure we give them a good burial. I'm not sure if I should be encouraging them but I thought that for next winter I would knock together a couple of hedgehog houses just in case.