Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’

<p>Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodent</p><p>Animal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban the hunting of Alpine marmots.</p><p>Open season on the rodents, members of the squirrel and groundhog family, begins in September, a few weeks before they go into a long winter hibernation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/call-ban-marmot-hunting-france-climate-crisis">Continue reading...</a>