Article: Waging war on greys; Call for help in protecting red squirrels.

Article: Bid to stop red squirrels being wiped out by virus
The Northern Echo;  May 7, 2007 ;     434 words ... ... wipe out colonies of endangered red squirrels.Wildlife enthusiast Sam Millington ... artist, has hung out feeders for red squirrels for years.Recently, he saw ... counterparts by trapping them.Paul Parker, who works as head trapper for ...

Article: Is it too late to save Tufty? SCOTS' RED SQUIRRELS ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... against time to save Scotland's red squirrels. They are trying to create a ... Most of Britain's 160,000 red squirrels live north of the border and ... Squirrel Protection Partnership's Paul Parker said:"Wethink the reds and ...

Article: Disease takes toll of red squirrels; Formby's ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... A DEADLY disease has hit Formby's red squirrels which could be wiped out by 2010 ... to them by grey squirrels. Fourteen red squirrels have died at the National Trust reserve ... ill-effects but once passed on to red squirrels the disease is fatal. Without drastic ...

Article: Finally our red squirrels have a fighting chance; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Until now, it was understood that all red squirrels who contracted squirrelpox, formerly ... on post mortem tests carried out on red squirrels, found that eight animals had antibodies ... could indicate that the disease and the red squirrels themselves are evolving so that it ...

Article: A Comparison of Habitat Use and Demography of Red ...
The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... populations. Endangered Mt. Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis ... the White Mountains, male Mogollon red squirrels were heavier than male Mt. Graham red squirrels in all seasons and female Mogollon red ...

Article: Red squirrels thrive as native woodland is ...
M2 Presswire;  September 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 13 September 2005-UK Government: Red squirrels thrive as native woodland is regenerated ... only region in the British Isles where red squirrels live in native broadleaf woodland ... source of food for the squirrels. Red squirrels feed on shoots and flowers in spring ...

Article: Red squirrels tiny but tough
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  December 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... no wonder that, save for mating, red squirrels lead rather solitary lives. They constantly ... to venture into their territories. Red squirrels make up for what they lack in size ... animals. From April through August, red squirrels turn carnivorous - they love songbird ...