October/November 2014 ISSUE 84 FREE GLENKENS GAZETTE News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry The grey squirrels are coming back to Galloway in strength and urgent action is required to save the native red...
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October/November 2014 ISSUE 84 FREE GLENKENS GAZETTE News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry The grey squirrels are coming back to Galloway in strength and urgent action is required to save the native red squirrel. That was the dramatic message delivered by squirrel expert Heinz Traut at a ‘Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels’ event held recently in New Galloway which has led to local residents forming the Glenkens Red Squirrel Group. The new group’s aim is to tackle the recent increase in grey squirrels in the area. The greys, a species introduced from North America, pose a significant threat to our red squirrels through competition for food and habitat, but more critically by spreading squirrelpox disease. Greys are immune to the disease they carry but it is lethal when passed on to the reds. “Many people living in England have seen their red squirrel populations decimated over the last decades,” says Caroline, one of the group. “We are extr
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