Sickening footage catches yobs kick hedgehog | UK | News [Video]

Sickening CCTV footage has caught hideous cruelty as yobs “play football” with a hedgehog.

The awful clip that had been uploaded to social media captured a gang of yobs repeatedly kicking the defenceless animal in Hartlepool.

The video was captured at 9.52pm on Monday, July 22, and involves three males who have all now been interviewed by police.

The footage sparked fury on social media with one resident saying: “What a lovely bunch of young people we have, playing football with an innocent hedgehog.”

At the time of reporting the incident, TeessideLive said the video had been viewed 367 times – but it seems as though it has now been removed from Facebook.

One resident said in a local Facebook group: “Can the person who posted the video of the hedgehog being used as a football please message me as I can’t locate the post anymore. 

“The Police are opening an investigation but need the video uploading to …