Muskrat

Muskrat

Muskrat - a creature of the order Insectivora. This kind - a narrow endemic in Eastern Europe, its range covers mainly in the main basin of the Urals, the Volga, the Don and the Dnieper. Muskrat is a semi-aquatic lifestyle, preferring floodplain oxbow, lakes and small forest streams with low flow. It settles in burrows and preys on molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates.

Muskrat

Because of the beautiful silky fur muskrat been mass killings. The first ban on its production was introduced in Russia in 1920 and operated until 1933. Then expanded the fishery, but in 1970 again completely banned. However, this did not save the form, because in recent decades XXcen. Due to land reclamation began to destroy floodplains of small rivers. Application of fertilizer, fishing nets also affected the number of muskrat.

Muskrat

MuskratFor the protection of rare species was organized four reserves

and over 40 game reserves. The work on the resettlement of animals from reserves in their former habitat. All these measures helped to partially restore the muskrat population.

MuskratIn return for saving the animal as a muskrat can I create a charity fund restoration muskrat population.