Farmers who cannot kill voles with poison can receive compensation for destroyed crops from the Nature and Landscape Protection Agency of the Czech Republic. The Czech Ornithological Society (ČSO) drew attention to this in a press release. Depending on the extent of crop destruction, they can receive from 2,000 to 20,000 crowns. Vole control products must not be used in areas where the critically endangered barn owl and barn owl occur.
The Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) wants to pay up to 40 million crowns for the application of poison to the landscape against voles. “Specifically, it is a compensatory support of 500 crowns per hectare through the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic. This is a completely illogical step. We understand the demands of farmers to exterminate voles, but it is unacceptable to pay for digestion from money for nature conservation,” said CSO director Zdeněk Vermouzek. According to the CSO, the subsidy should be provided by the Ministry of Agriculture instead of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Vermouzek stated that the current setup leads to a paradoxical situation. “A farmer who prefers careful management and decides not to apply poison will not receive a reward from the Ministry of Agriculture,” the director of the CSO pointed out. The measure, which allows the use of Stutox II and Ratron GW preparations in the amount of ten kilograms per hectare, is valid from February 21 to June 21. The application is only allowed directly to Nor.
CSO, together with environmental organizations such as the Duha Movement, further pointed out that intensive monocultural farming with large fields prevails in the Czech Republic. According to them, a varied landscape that provides a living space for predators would deal with the overpopulation of rodents better.
At the same time, ornithologists point out that there are only about 100 pairs of little owls left in the Czech Republic and their population is on the verge of extinction. Voles are among their preferred food, so killing them with poison is dangerous for them. A large population of Sýček lives in the northwest of the Czech Republic, where, according to the CSO, there are a large number of family farms and estates. Roughly a third of the population is in the Ústí Region.
Source: Tyden.cz by www.tyden.cz.
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