Squirrel Problems in S11

[Padders]

15 minutes ago, makapaka said:

Because it seems to me unusual to want to eliminate one coloured squirrel to keep a different coloured squirrel.

when there are loads of red squirrels and hardly any grey ones will people start wanting to kill the red ones off?

 

I'm same as you Maka, the law of nature is, survival of the fittest, its always been the case.

[horribleblob]

1 hour ago, makapaka said:

Because it seems to me unusual to want to eliminate one coloured squirrel to keep a different coloured squirrel.

when there are loads of red squirrels and hardly any grey ones will people start wanting to kill the red ones off?

 

Of course not, makapaka, because they are oh so cute – even if they are also carriers of mycobacterium lepromatosis.

[ANGELFIRE1]

On 17/10/2019 at 13:07, horribleblob said:

Of course not, makapaka, because they are oh so cute – even if they are also carriers of mycobacterium lepromatosis.

Science and Environment.

 

British red squirrels are infected with two different strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study.

Leprosy was thought to have died out in the UK in medieval times, but these recent discoveries confirm that red squirrels carry the disease.

Despite this, researchers are keen to stress that the squirrel infection poses little, if any, threat to humans.

 

Angel1.

[Guest makapaka]

9 hours ago, ANGELFIRE1 said:

Science and Environment.

 

British red squirrels are infected with two different strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study.

Leprosy was thought to have died out in the UK in medieval times, but these recent discoveries confirm that red squirrels carry the disease.

Despite this, researchers are keen to stress that the squirrel infection poses little, if any, threat to humans.

 

Angel1.

Ok so that’s leprosy covered in respect of red squirrels - Thanks 

[hauxwell]

There should be conservation areas for the red squirrels in some areas of the country, if not we could lose them.

 

They greys seem to be thriving in Sheffield.   I use to like watching them trying to climb up my neighbours washing pole which was heavily coated in oil to stop them pinching the birds food.  There was  a scheme in parts of Northumberland were people were asked to report any sightings of grey squirrels so they could catch them, I don’t think there is one in Sheffield, so the greys have got there own conservation areas to.