Squirrel begs tourist for water under drought conditions
This is a very timely video on Facebook bearing in mind the current heatwave and extreme temperatures in Europe. It shows a squirrel literally...
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Squirrel goes nuts, attacks 18 people, and is put down by the RSPCA
A grey squirrel, nicknamed “Stripe” by residents after the evil character in the comedy horror film The Gremlins has been euthanised by the RSPCA...
Why do squirrels eat Christmas lights?
It’s that time of year and Google tells me that squirrels make a meal out of Christmas lights, not only in Mears Park, Saint...
Michael Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister, had 400 squirrels shot on his estate
NEWS AND COMMENT: Michael Heseltine believes in speciesism. He has decided that songbirds are more important than squirrels. So, when squirrels trashed 14 nesting...
Squirrel evades pine marten with stamina and skill
Note: This is a video from another website. Sometimes they are deleted at source which stops them working on this site. If that has...
Jeremy Paxman shoots grey squirrels sat on his toilet
In a kind of a rant, Jeremy Paxman has admitted to enjoying shooting grey squirrels with an air rifle while sat on his crapper...
Aggressive squirrels are attacking NYC residents
Aggressive squirrels are attacking NYC residents and the concerning aspect of this behaviour is that, at the moment, people are unsure why. The lady...
Canada’s red squirrels find that neighbourliness aids survival
A study carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter using twenty-two years of data on American squirrels in Yukon, Canada, found that...
Springer spaniel helps in red squirrel conservation in the UK
A springer spaniel has been trained to react when he spots a red squirrel which is ill due to disease which threatens to wipe...
Pine martens are red squirrels’ new friends
Grey squirrels were introduced into the UK from the US in the 1870s and they are blamed for the decline in the native reds....
Artificial grass is bad for nature and the environment
It appears that nowadays artificial grass is fantastic quality, highly realistic and more popular than ever before. The popularity probably comes about because year-on-year...
The Royal Parks are trapping and killing grey squirrels to protect ornamental trees
The Royal Parks is a charity and they manage eight parks in London. They have decided that they need to trap and kill grey...
