What is the ruling on extracting the hedgehog by pouring water into its burrow or introducing car exhaust into the burrow?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to extract the hedgehog for the purpose of hunting it by pouring water into its burrow or introducing car exhaust into the burrow?

The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being. This is not permissible. Most of them hunt the hedgehog not for eating, but for amusement, and they torment this animal. This is not permissible. The hedgehog is edible, but the one who takes it only for amusement or to play with it commits a sin. He must allow it to eat and drink, and he may not hold it except for the purpose of eating it only, not for amusement, not as a hobby, or anything similar. Some of them bring cars full of hedgehogs, and praise be to Allah, they do so for nothing but to look at them. This is forbidden. Yes.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh! May Allah grant you success. In His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:

The Shaykh:
Also, it is not permissible to kill the hedgehog in this manner, by introducing something lethal to it, such as car exhaust. This is not permissible.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
It has a soul, meaning it is permissible to torment it. Yes.

The presenter:
Prepared by the Project of the Senior Scholars of Kuwait, may Allah honor it with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah.