The Halle Mountain Zoo has brought 42 field hamsters to a protected area in northern Saxony to be released into the wild. The animals were bred at Leipzig Zoo and were cared for in Halle over the winter, as the zoo announced. All of the animals had survived the hibernation well and reached a weight of up to 650 grams.
The reintroduction is part of the "Cooperative field hamster protection in the Free State of Saxony" project, which Leipzig Zoo is implementing together with the Free State of Saxony and other partners. The aim is to establish stable field hamster populations in the last area where the species can be found in Saxony.
