By: NATASHA SMITH
RESIDENTS IN Latvia were given permission to cut their own Christmas trees down for free but forest rangers soon chased them away to protect the protected trees.
The authorities had announced that people could cut down trees located 50km or more from the city of Riga but when people bearing axes descended on protected areas just outside of the cities, forestry workers intervened. A spokesperson said the rangers were struggling to keep people away.
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