camies 1 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 No, not a joke, in the Telegraph today! Prince Charles calls for squirrel cull to save timber industry Landowners, backed by Prince Charles, are calling for a cull of grey squirrels and deer in order to protect Britain's woodlands and save the timber industry. In a letter he said it was "absolutely crucial to eliminate the greys which are an alien species to the UK and threaten the very existence of the reds". "The greys are doing immense and increasing damage to hardwoods all over the country and threaten to compromise all our efforts to restore native woodlands, let alone create community forests, etc,". Must be because the report adds that the Prince who has seen his own trees at Highgrove damaged. Does anyone know his email address so I can apply for the job of culling the squirrels round the UK or even Highgrove! The quote in the Mirror was a typical RSPCA response though :- "However, the RSPCA said that any cull would be unnecessarily cruel." A spokesman said: "Eradicating entire populations of greys would be very difficult and cause suffering." Quote Link to post
Lee85 44 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 you hear about that young kiddy who got bit by a tick from a squirrel, lyme disease he got and I think it paralysed him. Quote Link to post
Guest Scuba1 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 you hear about that young kiddy who got bit by a tick from a squirrel, lyme disease he got and I think it paralysed him. The response from the ArsePCA on that one would be " As long as the grey squirrel was not traumatised in the process, there is nothing to worry about" ATB Michael Quote Link to post
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