Friday, September 01, 2006

huh?



McDonalds McFlurry cups redesigned for hedgehog safety The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has won a years-long fight with McDonalds to shrink the size of the opening in a McFlurry (a frozen edible-oil dairy slurry) reduced. The present wide-mouth McFlurry cups serve as fatal hedgehog traps by sucking in 'hogs who lick up the left-over slurry, get stuck, and die.
Up to now the opening in the container has been large enough for hedgehogs to get their heads into for a lick of the left-over dessert -- a trap they have then been unable to withdraw from, so dying of starvation in untold numbers.
But from September 1, the wide-mouthed opening in the lid of the McFlurry containers will be reduced in size, making them too small for the sugar-loving animals to get their heads into. Link

3 Comments:

Blogger PAYNTERinFLORIDA said...

phew.....bout time.

7:34 AM  
Blogger akjn westside said...

I am so glad not to have to worry about this each day...it was really weighing me down...

12:28 AM  
Blogger PokerPro said...

What about the Chacoan Peccary? They can still get their little heads trapped in the reduced size cups!!!

2:56 PM  

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