France Is Punished for Failing to Protect Its Wild Hamsters

If France does not change its laissez-faire attitude surrounding the Great Hamster’s survival, the government must fork over $24.6 million in fines. Though the Great Hamster of Alsace was commonly viewed as a farmland pest, France was punished last week for failing to protect the dwindling species, the New York Times reports. (PHOTOS: 10 Species

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France Is Punished for Failing to Protect Its Wild Hamsters

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