Red or Dead (Squirrel)?
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Conserving red squirrel requires a mass culling program for the eastern gray squirrel*, the UK government in January 2006 announced.
The Red Squirrel Protection Partnership (RSPP) are charged with the duty of the cull. They claim their methods prove the foreign species can be cheaply and quickly brought under control. And effectively - they say they have killed 12,000 - or one third of the county’s population, in just over a year.
Why? UK native red squirrels are dying out because they cannot compete against the larger gray populations. Until recently, there were only 1 red to 20 gray squirrels. The reds are on the brink of extinction. (more…)
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