282,499 dead raccoons: Why the hunt is failing miserably The German Hunting Association reports 282,499 raccoons killed – and the population continues to grow. Why hunting exacerbates the problem and why neutering works.

Grey #squirrels, #coypus, #raccoons are scapegoats for a hunting policy that likes to disguise itself as #speciesconservation. The cause of species loss in Europe is something else:intensive agriculture/forestry contribute significantly to the loss of #biodiversity

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