Two months after being released into the wild, field hamsters in northern Saxony have had their first offspring. The first young have been spotted on wildlife cameras, Leipzig Zoo announced. Together with partners, it is breeding the small rodents in a species conservation project and releasing them into the wild on selected fields in northern Saxony.
In May, the European Union-funded species conservation project "LIFE4HamsterSaxony" began its second year of reintroduction. A total of 179 hamsters were introduced to two fields in northern Saxony.
