Teen assaulted with hedgehog | NEWS.com.au
A NEW Zealand man has been charged with assault after he threw a hedgehog at a teenage boy.
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks,'' police sergeant Bruce Jenkins told the Herald on Sunday.
Shortly after throwing the animal, William Singalargh, 27, of Whakatane was arrested for assaulting the 15-year-old with a weapon.
It is not known whether the hedgehog. was dead or alive at the time, but it was dead after the incident when it was collected as evidence, the paper said.
Mr Singalargh's lawyer Rebecca Plunket told the paper that her client would deny the charge, which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, when he reappears in court on April 17 .
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These Kiwi's are resourceful guys not only do they use our four legged friends for sexual relief but they also use them as live weaponry
I heard the south islanders use the goats as projectile weapons and shag the hedgehogs.