grey squirrels to go on the pill

[Amby 490]

Grey squirrels could be put on the pill in a bid to prevent them from threatening red squirrels on the Welsh island of Anglesey.

Reds are thriving on the island after the greys were culled in a conservation programme launched 11 years ago, reports the Daily Post.

But greys in forests on the mainland are now using the Menai and Britannia bridges to cross the water and reinvade the island.

Now conservation group Friends of Anglesey Red Squirrels has volunteered to trial a contraceptive drug to be placed in bait.

Spokesman Dr Craig Shuttleworth said: "Despite having the barrier of the Menai Strait, some grey squirrels are still making it across the bridges.

"Short of having guards there 24 hours a day there is not a lot we can do about it.

"Culling has been successful on the Anglesey side but there is less enthusiasm for that on the Gwynedd side, where there are large numbers of greys in forests near the Strait.

"If we can prevent the squirrels breeding there then this would be a good long-term solution for reducing numbers and be more publicly acceptable than culling."

The technique involves treating squirrels with a drug, fed to them through bait, that would trigger the females' immune systems to reject the males' sperm.

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[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Yup, fvcking grey squirrel fvcking bastards!! Only good for squirrel melts!

Red squirrels are waaaay cuter. And smaller too. And fluffier. And just better. And more awesome. And stuff.

Edited October 8, 2009 by Ms. Squirrel

[mawilson 2,133]

Red squirrels are waaaay cuter. And smaller too. And fluffier. And just better. And more awesome. And stuff.

Agreed!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Squirrel hates gray squirrels!!!

[S and S 12]

Go red squirrels!!!

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Squirrel hates gray squirrels!!!

They are rats dressed as squirrels. Just really bad red squirrel impersonators.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Squirrel hates gray squirrels!!!

They are rats dressed as squirrels. Just really bad red squirrel impersonators.

#######!!! You are soooo stereotyping them because they do not fit your Western view of Squirrelness..... you are a racist!

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Let me rephrase:

Illegal Mexican rats dressed as squirrels, trying to steal healthcare and underdog jobs from the red suirrels!!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Let me rephrase:

Illegal Mexican rats dressed as squirrels, trying to steal healthcare and underdog jobs from the red suirrels!!

where is the outrage?!?!?!?

[Ban Hammer 12,829]

does this mean the gray squirrels won't like macho squirrels?

[natty bumppo 289]

Red squirrels are waaaay cuter. And smaller too. And fluffier. And just better. And more awesome. And stuff.

Agreed!

Red Squirrels .... their tails are fantastic for tying flies. use these to make great flies for salmon fishing

[Sofiyya 1,687]

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit. ~ Carrie Bradshaw

[HYENA 4]

Red squirrels are waaaay cuter. And smaller too. And fluffier. And just better. And more awesome. And stuff.

Agreed!

Yes...like the Eurpoeans, the gray squirrel invaded the US and our cute fluffy reds and natives are all murdered and starved out by the gray bastards!

Put em on the pill? It'll never work! I used to shoot dozens and dozens (when I used to murder). They just kept coming...10 a day every day. It seems their territories would expand. There's no use...we're doomed!

Run awayyyyyyyy run awayyyyyy! (oh that was the killer rabbit)

Edited October 9, 2009 by HYENA