...be used for grey squirrels without red squirrels and other animals feeding from them, as we only want grey squirrels to eat the contraceptive. The plan would then be to...
...grey squirrels have replaced the red squirrel across much of the British Isles, with Scotland supporting over three quarters of the estimated 140,000 population of red squirrels that are thought...
...red squirrels, we could deliver a bait containing contraceptives to over 90% of adult grey squirrels while making sure no red squirrels access it. When we recently tested a prototype...
...in UK captive red squirrel breeding programmes. This work ultimately illustrates the importance of comprehensive viral health checks when reintroducing red squirrels and can be extrapolated to reintroduction programmes of...
...estimated population of 2.7 million grey squirrels. Competition and disease transmission (notably squirrel pox, which does not affect grey squirrels but is fatal to red squirrels) are considered to be...
...contraceptives to most grey squirrels. The story so far… A pair of inquisitive red squirrels at one of the hoppers In 2021, in two woodland areas in Northumberland, we carried...
...boar, feral livestock and pigeons are among the animals whose numbers are exploding worldwide. In Europe, invasive species such as grey squirrels, raccoons, pot-bellied pigs, parakeets and Canada geese now...
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