Grey Squirrel Cull

A massive cull of the grey squirrel is to take place across Britain to try to halt declining numbers of the endangered native red squirrel population.

A massive cull of grey squirrels is to take place across Britain to try to halt declining numbers of the endangered native red squirrel population.

Currently confined to Scotland, Cumbria, Northumbria, the Isle of Wight and Islands in Poole Harbour, the cull is designed to focus on areas where red squirrels are being squeezed out.

The aim is not to completely eradicate the grey squirrel, which have a population estimated at more than two million, but to control them before they have the opportunity to wipe our native species from the UK.

It is thought the cull will use poison to reduce numbers over the next three years.