More little fur-bearers are wanted: the population of hamsters is set to grow in Saxony. A new project funded by the European Union aims to help with this, as announced by the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology at the start of "LIFE4HamsterSaxony". The project will run for six years and has a budget of 12.2 million euros. 75 percent of this is being funded by the EU, with the remainder being shared by the state of Saxony, Leipzig Zoo and the district of North Saxony.
According to the report, hamsters will be reared at Leipzig Zoo and later released into the wild. The project also involves cultivating arable land with special "hamster-friendly" cereal and flower strips. The aim is to allow the small field dweller to reproduce independently. The aim is to strengthen the field hamster population in its last habitat in Saxony.
