A Scottish animal shelter took in a few hedgehogs over the winter to shelter them from the cold weather outside. Usually they would have gone into a hibernation state to pass over the winter months, but due to the normal temperature inside the shelter, the hedgehogs skipped their winter sleep.
The keepers fed them regularly so the hedgehogs ended up putting so much weight on that they couldn’t properly roll up in a thorny ball anymore, making them an easy pray for badgers and foxes. A swift diet plan was enforced on the overweight winter guests so that they would be in top shape before their release into the wild.
Here’s another famous case of a really fat hedgehog named George:

