France+Hamsters=DRAMA!

[ccharles000]

http://www.aol.co.nz/news/story/European-Union-warns-France-to-protect-its-threatened-hamster-population-or-face-legal-action/555551/index.html

France must do more to protect its wild hamsters or face legal action that could lead to millions of euros (dollars) in fines, the EU executive warned Thursday.

The great hamster of Alsace which lives in parts of eastern France is one of Europe's most threatened mammals, the European Commission said.

Failure by France to protect the rodent could lead to legal action at the European Union's high court, the Commission said in a formal warning. France now has two months to reply.

"When a European mammal like the great hamster approaches extinction, nature is sending a message," EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said. "France must heed this warning and implement our nature protection legislation in full as soon as possible."




Save the hamsters.

[realisticphish]

1. i work in a pet store

and i loathe most hamsters. But that's no reason to let them die out, especially a wild strain

[ccharles000]

2. I also dislike hamsters.

[mitchum]

3. "The Great Hamster of Alsace"...I love how that sounds

[woo me with science]

7. Here he is.

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=63142

[anigbrowl]

4. I'm not a big hamster fan, but...

if they're dying out that usually tells you something is seriously wrong with the local ecosystem. Unfortunately econology isn't the #1 priority with the French. They have more in common with the US than most people realize.

[Ian David]

5. French Hamsters are best served with brie and chardonay.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!