Cute with! Help the endangered field hamsters in your region!

Cute with! Help the endangered field hamsters in your region!

In northern Germany, an important action for the protection of the field hamster is imminent - the counting of the endangered rodent begins! Nature lovers and walkers are asked to actively help when recording the field hamster population. The AG Feldhamster Protection Niedersachsen e.V. has started a call to document as many sightings as possible. "Thorough documentation and the support of the population are crucial for effective protection projects," explains Nina Lipecki, the 1st chairman of the association, in a press release. This wants to collect important information on habitat design and protective measures. Especially after the grain harvest, the interested parties have a good chance of observing the field hamsters in their colorful splendor. They can be recognized by their distinctive fur drawings and have secured a place on the red list of endangered species in Germany as a particularly rare way. [regionalheute.de reports that…] (https://regionalheute.de/mitmachen-ausdruecklich-erwuenscht-feldhamster-zaehlung- beginnt-braunschweig-gifhorn-goslar-Harz-helmstedt-peinen-Salzgitter-Wolfenbuettensburg-1710646/)

But why is the field hamster so endangered? The problem is mainly in the insufficient current data collection about the spread of these animals in many federal states. In order to counter this challenge, the Feldhamsterland project has been coordinated by the German Wildlife Foundation since 2018 and funded by the Federal Office for Nature Conservation as part of the Federal Program Biological Diversity. The aim is to maintain and enliven the habitats of the field hamster. For this purpose, farmers who manage their space are intended to work closely with the project teams. A new practice guidelines determine the central measures and offers help for effective agricultural environmental measures. This is about finding targeted solutions that benefit both the field hamsters and farmers. Deutschewildtierstiftung.de reports that ...

Feldhamster and agriculture: a common goal

But the decline in the field hamster population is a complicated topic that can only be mastered with comprehensive monitoring and the support of everyone involved. The Chamber of Agriculture has already taken a first step here and informed farmers about protective measures. In North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, the prerequisites for the Feldhamster are particularly serious, since it is led there in the red list as "threatened with extinction". The information also comes from the biological stations that act in the sense of nature conservation and communicate closely with the farmers. Agricultural Chamber.de reports that ...