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Article: Now its family planning for grey squirrels; Under threat: Red squirrels are being killed by greys.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2007
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Byline: Helen Bruce
THEprolificgreysquirrel could soon face a birth control regimeinabid to keep its soaring population down and save the native red squirrel.
Thegreysquirrel,introduced fromnorthAmerica,isamenace to the native population, because itdrives them out or even kills them.
Now, a nationwide plan to save the red squirrel from extinction listscontraceptive injections for the greys among its proposals.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service, in its all-Ireland action plan, alsoproposesanumberoftransferprojects, where red squirrels are moved to areas where they face lesscompetition from greys.
Greater controls on grey squirrels in ...