Noorderzijlvest, Hunze en Aa’s, Drents Overijsselse Delta and Vechtstromen report a decrease in the number of captive muskrats of more than a quarter: 27%. Over the years, far fewer rats have been caught in the entire area of these water boards. In 2011, there were still more than 65,000, last year 9,254.
Muskrat population has fallen again – RTV Drenthe
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