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Shelters, feeders… in Yvelines, Mantes-la-Ville pampers its red squirrels

2024-02-13T05:49:40.571Z

Highlights: Mantes-la-Ville, Yvelines, pampers its red squirrels. The municipality is doing everything to save the rodent population. Red squirrels are very exposed to predators and lack of food during the winter. A tiny wooden cabin has been tied around a tree, two meters from the ground. Inside, a tiny chest provides seeds and peanuts to passing rodents. “The squirrel will open the trap itself with its paws,” says a caregiver.


The municipality is doing everything to save the rodent population. They are very exposed to predators and lack of food during the winter.


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Mantes-la-Ville applied for this astonishing challenge by launching an unprecedented operation: squirrel shelters were installed in the Domaine de la Vallée park, an eleven-hectare green space planted in the heart of this Yvelines town. of 20,000 inhabitants.

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Right in front of the educational farm, a tiny wooden cabin has been tied around a tree, two meters from the ground.

Inside, a tiny chest provides seeds and peanuts to passing rodents.

“The squirrel will open the trap itself with its paws,” says a caregiver, under the gaze of the children who have come to witness this meticulous operation.

We also place some seeds next to it to attract birds.

When he sees them pecking, he will be reassured and will come and eat in his turn.

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Source: leparis

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