>England's red squirrels are close to extinction and the government needs to do more to protect them, an animal welfare group said.>A petition set up by Save Our Reds, has attracted more than 75,000 signatures, urging more action.>Founder of the campaign Marie Carter-Robb, said: "We have a series of urgent actions that need to be brought together into one joined-up national plan.">A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), said the government was protecting endangered red squirrels by tackling the threat of non-native grey squirrels.>Combining data from a number of wildlife organisations, the group said the endangered species, which "still clings on" across Cumbria, Northumberland and the North Pennines, could disappear within 25 years.>It also said only 120,000 to 160,000 remained, with as few as 15,000 in England.>According to Natural England causes for the decline include the introduction of grey squirrels from the USA and Canada from 1876 spreading the squirrelpox virus, which is fatal to the red squirrels only.Foreign species immigrateNative species goes extinctHmmmmmm
Here's the map, fucking brootal
>>534331974These gray squirrels work, they pay taxes, and statistically they don't rape at a higher rate than red squirrels so what's the problem, bigot?
Plenty of them in fucking Canada if they ever want more.
>>534331974I thought the pine marten population had gotten large and they'd started btfo'ing the slower gray squirrels?
>>534331974>Foreign species immigrate>Native species goes extinctBut, we aren't squirrels, anon.
total tree-nigger death
>>534331974>>534332180>>534332691 87% of female red squirrels and female grey squirrels want to get impregnated by black squirrels according to biologists.
>>534331974why are english red squirrels such pussies? they're always the ones picking fights and chasing away grey squirrel here.
>>534331974You could just do the funniest thing and introduce them here and watch them fuck shit up.
>>534331974BGSC WON
>>534331974red squirrel = whitesgray squirrel = need to say more?
