Pete Doherty taken to hospital for infection after being stabbed by a hedgehog (Picture: Backgrid/Getty)

Pete Doherty was taken to hospital for an infection after he was stabbed by a hedgehog spine.

That’s right, the Libertines frontman had to cancel his appearance on BBC Radio 5 Live in order to seek medical help for the wound.

The incident happened while the 40-year-old was taking his pet Siberian huskies for a walk.

One of the dogs came across the prickly animal and thought they’d have the poor hedgehog for dinner.


So, being the hero he is, Pete swooped in and saved the creature where he pulled it from the canine’s mouth.

However, in doing so, the Broken Love Song hitmaker ended up getting stabbed by the little animal and needed to get the injury treated for infection.

He rescued it from one of his dogs’ mouths (Picture: @peterdohertyofficial)

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Radio presenter Nihal Arthanayake revealed the news on his Afternoon Edition show, when explaining why Pete couldn’t attend.



In his replacement, the crew had roped in Kiefer Sutherland who saved the day by stepping in.

‘We have Kiefer Sutherland coming up – he is replacing Pete Doherty,’ Nihal told his listeners.

‘Pete Doherty tried to rescue a hedgehog from his dog’s mouth…a spine from the hedgehog went into his hand and it is infected.’

The dogs were previously accused of ‘savaging’ his neighbour’s cat (Picture: WireImage)

The Broken Love Song hitmaker ended up getting stabbed by the little animal (Picture: @peterdohertyofficial)

He continued: ‘He is now in hospital having the infected hedgehog spine removed from his finger.

‘That is the reason Pete Doherty is not on this show today.’

Sending their best to the rocker, the radio star added: ‘We wish Pete Doherty well because whatever has happened is serious enough that he has not been able to make it on the show.’

Pete’s reps have since spoken out to The Sun, adding: ‘Pete was trying to protect the hedgehog from the dogs, and vice versa.’

It’s not the first time his dogs have made headlines (Picture: WireImage)

This isn’t the first time Pete’s dogs have made the headlines as earlier this month they were accused of ‘savaging’ a neighbour’s cat to death.

Penny Ward, who lives next to the rocker, says her eight-year-old cat Archie was dragged around like a ‘rag doll for 10 minutes’.

Chatting to The Sun, the retired nurse said: ‘He hasn’t even bothered to come around and say sorry.

‘It is disgusting that he should be taking powerful and aggressive dogs like that for walks off their leads.’

The 70-year-old added: ‘He is responsible for Archie’s death. It could have been a child. I hope he’s a better singer than a dog owner.’

Metro.co.uk have reached out to Pete’s PR for further comment.

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