Here its illegal to kill even the field mice.They became endangered because the use of pesticides in the past and ive met a peasant that got criminal record because he w
In Romania? Are you kidding?
Im not kidding,they guy digged field mice nests,got 2 bags of rice and was caught by gendarmerie.Got criminal record ,probably 1 year jail but didnt go to jail until he is caught again and gets another criminal record.
Foxes,eagles etc need mice to pray on them.If you kill all the mice then you make their predators extinct also.The field where he dig and got the rice its near a natural reservation.
Dont feel sorry for the guy because its not poore.If he had stolen a bag or 2 like just a few kilos of rice,the gendarmerie wouldnt take him.But the guy had 2 bags of aproximately 60 kilos each and was carying then with his carriage pulled by the horse.
There is also an earth dam at the edge of the natural reserve and when the ground squirrels wich are also protected animals nation wide,drill too manny holes in the dam and also the danube gets verry high,portions of the dam colapses because of too manny holes and floods the village where the guy with criminal record lives.
Here is romanian wikipedia entry for the ground squirrels.You can see they are vulnerable almost endangered specie by IUCN.
https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%C3%A2nd%C4%83u_europeanAnd here is english wikipedia about the field mice that the guy stole their winter food reserve.It says în manny western european countryes is critically endangered.Same here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hamster