A fox has appeared on Suur-Pakri, an island chosen for the reintroduction of Estonia’s native dormice, ERR’s Ringvaade reported. The predator could threaten the 20 animals released there this summer. “When we left a few weeks ago, more than half of the 20 animals released there were certainly sti…

Most of the edible dormice released on Suur-Pakri island remain alive, zoologist Marko Mägi told ERR’s Vikerraadio programme “Ökoskoop”. Researchers tracking the animals have found them eating apples in trees at night and gathering in what Mägi described as a dormice “singing festival”. The edibl…