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The Alsatian hamster's been called in to help the environment around a new motorway close to Strasbourg in France.
Built by Vinci Autoroutes, the 24 kilometre section of motorway was constructed following over 40 years of controversy and local opposition.
However, a law introduced in France in 2016 has given the company a legal obligation to compensate for the loss of biodiversity.
The Alsatian or European hamster's seen as an umbrella species.
This makes it an indicator of how viable the environment is for other species.
PhD student Timothée Gérard studies hamsters at the National Scientific Research Centre.
While trapped and hunted as a pest, Alsatian hamster populations plummeted and it became a protected species.
Although risk of extinction saw it added to the red list in 2020, Vinci Autoroutes' environmental manager Arnaud Guillemin hopes to reverse this.
The new motorway's ploughed its course through fields of wheat, the principal diet for the hamster, which deemed it an appropriate mammal to reintroduce to the area.
The release programme's been carefully coordinated to ensure the best chance of success.
Celia Schappler, head of hamster breeding for Sauvegarde Faune Sauvage, explains.
If successful, both the environment and the endangered hamster stand to benefit.
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