Anglesey Red Squirrel
News & Views

I LIKE RED SQUIRRELS.

In fact, I like ALL squirrels because they seek to exemplify Nature's imperative to obtain resources to aid their individual survival.

Thereby they aid their species' survival.

However, we have once again performed that special thing that we Humans specialise in: WE INTERFERED!.

At the turn of the last century we British introduced the cute looking Grey Squirrel onto estates where they proliferated. They expanded their territories with devastating effect for the indigencous squirrels and killed them off in their hundreds of thousands by the Parapox virus.

Here on Anglesey we are blessed by the endeavours and successes of dedicated agencies and individuals who have literally dragged our Red Squirrels population from the abyss of extinction.

As written, the Mynydd Llwydiarth colony is doing really well and it appears that a couple of these little beggars from Newborough (or somewhere) have managed to make their way across the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits. Hopefully a colony may now grow in the Treborth Woods.

However, it is one of life's tragic ironies that in order to save the indigenous squirrels from extinction we are obliged to destroy the Grey Squirrel populations.

Also, while the Anglesey Red Squirel Project has made great leaps it looks like the Forestry Commission at Newborough are intent on following EU Directives to reduce the forestry by 40%, which could well have a detrimental effect on the new colonies.

In the words of Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, there may well be, "Pros and Cons in Favour and Pros and Cons Against."

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