Survival of Europe's fittest
The wild boar population in France and across Europe is soaring, despite the best efforts of huntersThere is plenty of game of all sizes – deer, hares and pheasants – for the most recent hunting season...
View ArticleBlack-bellied hamster given reprieve by European Court of Justice
Ruling demands that France offer better protection to nocturnal rodent regarded as a pestThese little nocturnal animals are so unobtrusive that very few people ever see them or even know they exist,...
View ArticleCanada geese, an invasive species soon to be culled
France's National Hunters Federation calls for birds to be put back on the list of waterfowl that can be huntedOnce a protected species, Canada geese (Branta canadensis) may soon become a target for...
View ArticleCholera sweeps western and central Africa
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo and Chad account for most of the cases and fatalities, with deaths rates up to 5%Western and central Africa are facing one of the biggest cholera epidemics in their...
View ArticleImpasse for wolf conservation in France?
Naturalists and farmers battle over proposals to contain the species, which reappeared in 1992Increasing the number of dogs, protective fences and shepherds makes no difference. Nor do the warning...
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