McDonald's redesigns McFlurry to save the hedgehogs

September 1, 2006 Comments (2)

You can go back to eating McFlurry ice cream novelties soon without fear that they'll decimate the hedgehog population: McDonald's has redesigned the lid so that the little creatures can't fit in anymore. Seems they were attracted by the smell of the dessert, would crawl in, be unable to get out, and starve to death. The new McFlurry shape will be rolled out across Europe in September. [GT]

Stephen Feltmate

Now if they can just eliminate toxic soy (http://www.mothering.com/artic... from their products and actually produce a meal that doesn't wreak havoc on human biochemisty they might be able to justify their existence in a Green marketplace.

But it's good they've decided to help out the hedgehogs. Kind of ironic, huh? Starving to death in a McDonald's food container.