Probe ongoing after hedgehogs dumped in California trash can

SAN DIEGO — Animal welfare officials say they’ve rescued several hedgehogs that were left in a trash can in Southern California.

The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says the hedgehogs were found Thursday in Ocean Beach.

The agency’s director, Dan DeSousa, says an animal control officer found 15 hedgehogs in a plastic bag that was dumped in the trash can.

He says five of the hedgehogs were dead and another was euthanized.