Threatened Hamsters Land France in Court

EU aims to force French to save rodent of Alsace
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 26, 2009 3:27 AM CDT
Threatened Hamsters Land France in Court
The Alsace hamster has been almost completely wiped out by rat poison, traps and farmers flooding its burrows.   (Wikipedia)

Indifference to the great hamster of Alsace has landed France in hot water with the European Union, the Telegraph reports. Fewer than 200 of the distinctive black-bellied rodents remain. EU officials, charging that France has refused all attempts to protect the tiny animal, are taking the nation to Europe's highest court in a bid to force France to save the hamster.
(More hamster stories.)

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