Squirrels say nuts to birth control
PESKY pests keep reproducing and outwit government scientists trying to curb numbers with contraceptives in £1m programme

Fury over city's squirrel cull
GREY squirrels will be trapped, put in sacks and clubbed to death as part of a controversial cull of the animals in the north-east of Scotland.

Save Our Squirrels - it's a red alert
WITH their tufted ears and bushy tails, red squirrels are one of Scotland's most iconic species.

Alien invaders face being exterminated
CONCERTED plan of action as thriving imports threaten our native species

It's nuts to ignore map of squirrels says Fraser
MINISTERS have been urged to take tougher action to protect Scotland's native red squirrel population.

Squirrels to be given contraceptives
SQUIRRELS are to be given contraceptives in a project approved by Scottish ministers, The Scotsman has learned.

Red alert as £3.7m drive is revealed to target Scotland's grey invaders
A FIVE-YEAR plan to save the red squirrel has ruled out the complete eradication of the invading hordes of greys, Scottish Natural Heritage revealed yesterday.

Your country needs you - to halt relentless march of the grey squirrels
THE call has gone out to volunteers to take up arms against a cross-border invasion of pox-ridden grey squirrels that could wreak untold havoc among Scotland's reds.

Squirrels blamed for silencing songbirds
GREY squirrels and feral cats have wiped out more songbird populations than bird predators or changes in farming methods, claims a report this week.

Fur flies over squirrel cull plan
A POLITICIAN'S plan to offer bounties for the capture or slaughter of grey squirrels will cause "carnage in the countryside", animal welfare groups warned last night.

City team in war on squirrel home invaders
SCORES of squirrels nesting in homes in the Capital have been killed by council environmental health officers.

Albino squirrels are doing all-white in Lothian
RARE albino squirrels appear to be thriving in the Lothians after another sighting by local residents.

Squirrel tsar to help save native reds
A SQUIRREL tsar has been appointed to help protect Scotland's population of the red version of the species, it was announced yesterday.

Squirrel 'tsar' to the rescue of at-risk reds
A SQUIRREL tsar has been appointed to help protect Scotland's red squirrels.

Three months to save red squirrels from greys' deadly virus
EXPERTS have been given just three months to come up with a plan to save Scotland's iconic red squirrel from a deadly virus.



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