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Post by Tiggerwoos on Nov 17, 2006 1:40:22 GMT
Stop the grey squirrel cull Grey squirrels, DEFRA claims, are ‘largely responsible for the decline of the red squirrel'. They are also blamed for damaging woodland, but it is people, not squirrels, who have consumed and destroyed vast tracts of woodland and other wildlife-friendly landscapes. The red population is rapidly declining, not only because of this loss of habitat, but because they too were once unpopular and killed in vast numbers. Grey squirrels flourish because they are more adaptable and hardy than the red. Red squirrels will survive only if their preferred habitat (conifer woods) is protected. This only takes a few moments to sign and could make a difference: www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/483910783?ltl=1138814520
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