Red squirrels to vanish from England' unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded

"Red squirrels are already under extreme pressure, because the grey squirrels will out-compete them for feed and for territory...we've already lost them from every county in mainland England, apart from Cumbria and Northumberland."

"We think they are breeding three or four times a year, and having four or five kits each time, leading to a massive expansion in grey squirrel numbers: 15 or 20 young grey squirrels...from each breeding pair."

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