I live in the UK. Hedgehogs being vicious? Not in my experience. As for rabies, here&#x27;s what our health service has to say:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nhs.uk&#x2F;Conditions&#x2F;Rabies&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;Introduction.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nhs.uk&#x2F;Conditions&#x2F;Rabies&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;Introduction.aspx</a><p>&gt; &quot;In the UK, rabies is not found in the animal population (with the exception of bats)&quot;<p>As for the pictures I linked to, you&#x27;re right that there were a variety of different breeds, and was interesting to know some of them came from Africa, but you can spot some of the European hedgehogs in there as well. Here&#x27;s a picture showing the breed of hedgehog you would typically find in the UK (if you were lucky enough to see one):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uksafari.com&#x2F;jpeg3&#x2F;hedgehog1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uksafari.com&#x2F;jpeg3&#x2F;hedgehog1.jpg</a>