Red squirrel conservation project to receive £2m funding

Close to £2million in funding has been provided to bolster efforts to save the red squirrel. The rouge rodents were once common throughout the UK but their numbers have been decimated by the ...
Indiatimes

A virus carried harmlessly by grey squirrels is now killing Scotland's endangered red squirrels, and scientists say it has returned to a new population

Another group of red squirrels in Scotland has been infected by a lethal virus carried by grey squirrels that does not affect them. The virus was identified in an adult red squirrel in Dollar, ...
Yahoo News Singapore

Deadly squirrelpox found in Scotland’s under-threat red squirrels

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A case of deadly squirrelpox has been confirmed in red squirrels in Dollar, Clackmannanshire (Saving Scotland’s Red ...
Glasgow Times on MSN

Red squirrel project secures nearly £2m to expand conservation across Scotland

Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels has been awarded £1.9 million from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.
The Conversation

Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws – here’s why that matters for conservation

Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...
UPI

Red squirrel shuts down Scottish bakery for two days

Sept. 26 (UPI) --A bakery in Scotland has been closed for two days due to the presence of an unusual burglar -- a protected red squirrel. The Greggs bakery in Pitlochry was closed Sunday after a red ...