Article: 'Kill off the greys to save red squirrels'

Article: Red squirrels returning to old haunts after 20,000 ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 10, 2008 ;     602 words ...RED SQUIRRELS are making a comeback ... have been created for red squirrels in Northumberland, Cumbria, Merseyside and North Yorkshire. Greys are being culled ... and that sightings of red squirrels are now increasing. Conservationists ...

Article: Red squirrels on the run play hide and seek
Yorkshire Post;  November 25, 2004 ;     304 words ...Amy Binns RED squirrels that risked a daring jail break from a North Yorkshire wildlife sanctuary are still at large despite ... s attempts to win them back. Six of the rare red squirrels managed to escape from their enclosure after high ...

Article: Killer disease threatens native red ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... threatens to wipe out red squirrels in some of the areas ... been no outbreak. Red squirrels have been in Britain ... Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Merseyside. Dr ... poxvirus disease on red squirrels." CAPTION(S ...

Article: Bid to stop red squirrels being wiped out by virus
The Northern Echo;  May 7, 2007 ;     427 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 ... appeared."Elsewhere in parts of North Yorkshire and the North-East, reds ...

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 ...