It is tragic. I live in western France, but over the past 18 years I have seen the difference in farming methods. France used to be much more traditional in its methods, with smaller farms and a range of crops and animals. But over the years, older farmers have retired and their lands have been bought up by other farms. Thus farms have got progressively bigger and bigger. Hedgerows have been cut down, to make way for massive maize prairies.
In western France there are still quite a lot of smaller traditional farms, but they are also disappearing gradually. A sad story....
The poor European great hamster is an innocent victim of so-called "progress". Sadly, I fear that it will not be the only species to suffer from modern farming methods.
In western France there are still quite a lot of smaller traditional farms, but they are also disappearing gradually. A sad story....
The poor European great hamster is an innocent victim of so-called "progress". Sadly, I fear that it will not be the only species to suffer from modern farming methods.
