Last night at 10.15pm, noticed four youths 16-19 playing with something across the road from where I live, could not see what it was, at first thought it was a ball, then one got a large piece of material and put the " object " in the centre of the material and two of the youths threw the " object " high into the air, then after a while used a piece of wood as a bat and the " object " as a ball. Problem was I still had no idea what the " object " was, after another 5-7 mins the object was placed ontop of a parked cars roof, then it struck me, the " object " was a baby hedgehog, I went outside to the youths, pushed one of them away from the car and picked up the hedgehog and took it home. I telephoned the RSPCA and explained what had happened, the lady said I was either foolhardy or brave to approach a group of youths and take the hedgehog away, I do not agree, all i did was stop them hurting this tiny creature. The hedgehog survived the night has eaten well and drank some water, its small though and fits into the palm of my hand, later today it goes off to a hedgehog rescue centre, will be looked after untill big enough to be released.