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Red squirrels are BACK

Post by cronus » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:24 am

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/re ... es-5465745

Red squirrels are BACK: UK natives are fighting 'plague' of greys

Red squirrels are battling back against their grey rivals and have returned to one of Britain’s best loved beauty spots.

Except for a few pockets in the north of England, the Isle of Wight and Scotland, native reds have been almost wiped out, with a 95% decline since 1952.

Their rapid decline has been blamed on the success of the imported grey, which spreads the squirrel pox virus.

But now after a 16 year absence, the reds have been spotted once again in Windermere, in the Lake District.

Bob Cartwright, from the charity Westmorland Red Squirrels, said: “So far this year there have been seven sightings, including just a few weeks ago a red seen bouncing around in Ellerthwaite Square right in the centre of Windermere.

“It is pretty clear that they are here in good numbers.”

Disease, habitat loss and competition for food from non-native grey squirrels have been blamed for the crisis in the population of reds.

But recent UK studies of 300 woodlands have found they are making a fightback, with numbers rising steadily by 7%.

Scientists think they have finally developed an immunity to the killer pox.

The island of Anglesey in North Wales is now a grey squirrel-free zone after a controversial 20-year eradication programme of greys.

More than 700 red squirrels are now thought to live on Anglesey and many have crossed the Menai Strait bridge to settle in Bangor.

In 2013 experts even found a red nicknamed ‘Clark Kent’ - after Superman’s alter ego - who survived after being stricken with the grey’s deadly virus.

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Scumple wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/re ... es-5465745

Red squirrels are BACK: UK natives are fighting 'plague' of greys

Red squirrels are battling back against their grey rivals and have returned to one of Britain’s best loved beauty spots.

Except for a few pockets in the north of England, the Isle of Wight and Scotland, native reds have been almost wiped out, with a 95% decline since 1952.

Their rapid decline has been blamed on the success of the imported grey, which spreads the squirrel pox virus.
I demand UN sanctions against the UK for engaging in biological warfare against red squirrels. A pox on its houses!
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Re: Red squirrels are BACK

Post by JimC » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:21 pm

Seth wrote:
Scumple wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/re ... es-5465745

Red squirrels are BACK: UK natives are fighting 'plague' of greys

Red squirrels are battling back against their grey rivals and have returned to one of Britain’s best loved beauty spots.

Except for a few pockets in the north of England, the Isle of Wight and Scotland, native reds have been almost wiped out, with a 95% decline since 1952.

Their rapid decline has been blamed on the success of the imported grey, which spreads the squirrel pox virus.
I demand UN sanctions against the UK for engaging in biological warfare against red squirrels. A pox on its houses!
It's those fuckin' evil Yank grey squirrels what done it!
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Post by Seth » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:29 pm

JimC wrote:
Seth wrote:
Scumple wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/re ... es-5465745

Red squirrels are BACK: UK natives are fighting 'plague' of greys

Red squirrels are battling back against their grey rivals and have returned to one of Britain’s best loved beauty spots.

Except for a few pockets in the north of England, the Isle of Wight and Scotland, native reds have been almost wiped out, with a 95% decline since 1952.

Their rapid decline has been blamed on the success of the imported grey, which spreads the squirrel pox virus.
I demand UN sanctions against the UK for engaging in biological warfare against red squirrels. A pox on its houses!
It's those fuckin' evil Yank grey squirrels what done it!
Just trying to keep the Commies at bay...
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Post by mistermack » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:53 am

JimC wrote: It's those fuckin' evil Yank grey squirrels what done it!
Greedy American squirrels eating all the food?

Why, it doesn't seem possible!
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:29 pm

My parents, who put food out for the birds and encourage badgers to visit their garden during the 'lean time', treat squirrels as vermin, as they do with foxes and pigeons. Go figure.
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Post by cronus » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:54 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:My parents, who put food out for the birds and encourage badgers to visit their garden during the 'lean time', treat squirrels as vermin, as they do with foxes and pigeons. Go figure.
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Post by piscator » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:54 pm

mistermack wrote:
JimC wrote: It's those fuckin' evil Yank grey squirrels what done it!
Greedy American squirrels eating all the food?

Why, it doesn't seem possible!

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Post by laklak » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:00 pm

They're just testing the new IRS (Immigrant Removal System).
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Post by Strontium Dog » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:42 pm

Grey squirrels would do well to rebrand themselves as badgers or foxes, then they'll get all kinds of arsewits trying to stop them being killed :awesome:
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Post by Seth » Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:48 pm

Strontium Dog wrote:Grey squirrels would do well to rebrand themselves as badgers or foxes, then they'll get all kinds of arsewits trying to stop them being killed :awesome:
They should call themselves "albino black squirrels" and demand to be protected under racial anti-discrimination laws.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:33 pm

'Arsewits' is a new one on me. I might steal that.
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:39 am

So protecting native species makes one an "arsewit", does it? :think:
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rEvolutionist wrote:So protecting native species makes one an "arsewit", does it? :think:
No, one is an arsewit if one is an arsewit. If red squirrels can't compete with grey squirrels, then red squirrels are evolutionary failures and it's perfectly natural for them to go extinct. Who the hell do you think you are to mess with evolution? That's what makes one an arsewit.
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:32 am

Naturalistic fallacy. Yet another of your favourite fallacies.
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