On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:32:02 GMT, Alan Holmes
wrote:
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>UkJay wrote in message
>news:1194520595.681279.235530@s15g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>>I love grey squirrels, even if they do drive me mad watching them come
>> back and forwards
>> like something possessed in my garden.
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>Good for you, but for a large number of the damned things they are a pest
>which causes a lot of damage, and I always encourage anyone to kill the
>damned things.
The same issues apply equally to reds. In fact it wasnt so long ago
that they had a bounty on their heads up North and were brought almost
to extinction because of it, and habitat decline.
The red problems have nothing to do with the greys despite what the
CONservation hooligans would tell us.
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>> Did anyone see autumn watch where someone may be introducing Wild
>> Boars
>> into The Forest Of Dean?
>> They could have introduced a few Red Squirrels while theyre at it ;-)
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>I would encourage the return of the red squirrel!
It never was in the forest of dean!
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>>
>> James
>>
http://www.ukjay.co.uk
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>> On 8 Nov, 07:58, Gloria wrote:
>>> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:57 +0000, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>>> >Read Professor Acorns website
>>>
>>> >
www.grey-squirrel.org.uk
>>>
>>> As the funding is now being slashed for CONservation hooliganism these
>>> days, perhaps we will see a decline in the fabricated grant seeking
>>> scare stories about wildlife decline, and let Britains diverse
>>> species and habitat be!
>>>
>>> Which would be great for the vast majority of the population who enjoy
>>> grey squirrels, ruddy ducks etc.
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