1 red for every 66 grey squirrels

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PMC wrote:
Poor little reds... Last one I saw (outside of a wildlife park) was in Norfolk and very dead.

However, logical as it may seem I still can't abide the idea of a cull.  There has to be a way of helping our little red pals without culling so many greys.

As its name suggests, the North American Eastern Gray Squirrel's (Sciurus carolinensis) fur is predominantly gray, but many American cities are known for their native populations of red, albino (white), or melanistic (black) varriations of the Eastern Gray Squirrel.

Just import some RED fur, North American Gray Squirrel's! ;-)

OR, solution #2,

Squirrel Season!  So How Do You Cook Squirrel?

More squirrel recipes here  

Solution #2 would be the Enviromentially correct solution!

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nadoom wrote:
a squirrel is a cute rat... aint no way i am eating a rat!

Read this article and you will be asking for the rat instead of these choices!


Eating out in Vietnam
Excerpt:

Many Vietnamese still have to eat whatever they can lay their hands on. Pet birds and dogs are kept indoors to save them from the cooking pot. In 1998, the government tried to reduce the consumption of snakes and cats by banning their sale, since the exploding rat population was damaging crops. Instead, peasants simply took to eating rats as well. The dwindling number of rats, in turn, has caused an explosion in the numbers of another tasty treat: snails.

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PMC wrote:
Actually, metalman might be on to something here!

Take one of our little grey friends, gently killed and garnish with sage and oregano and tomato puree.  Wrap in foil and bake on a low heat for two hours.  

Et viola!  Serve with baby potatoes, peas and runner beans...  Mmm, sounds delicious!

Oh, and a chilled glass of white wine would b agreat accompaniment to the dish.
 

bon appetite!

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PMC wrote:
I quite liked the odea of the weighted feeding tables I saw on "Tomorrow's World" (where else?) a few years back.  Being smaller, Mr Red Squirrel doesn't trip the spring and can get to the food left out for him.  However, the lardier Mr Grey causes a weight to move and cover the food over, so no free lunch for him.

Literally tipping the scales in favour of our little red pals.  

IF you can come up with a device that would feed ONLY birds and NOT grey squirrel's you would make a fortune from bird lovers alone!

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nadoom wrote:
yep they came to the uk about 150 years ago.

And these  pests were imported from England in 1850

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Turambar wrote:
 :-? Sparrows are a protected species over here.

Considered pests here, shot hundreds as a kid with my air-rifle, now just train cats to climb the rafters and let them do the work.

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Solution to Grey Squirrel problem??


eating everything from gray squirrels to ....

or Maybe NOT! :lol:

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PMC wrote:
Actually, metalman might be on to something here!

Take one of our little grey friends, gently killed and garnish with sage and oregano and tomato puree.  Wrap in foil and bake on a low heat for two hours.  

Et viola!  Serve with baby potatoes, peas and runner beans...  Mmm, sounds delicious!

Oh, and a chilled glass of white wine would b agreat accompaniment to the dish.
 

Lakeland restaurant serves up Peking duck-style squirrel pancakes

The restaurant at Crook, near Windermere, in Cumbria, is giving diners the chance to try the canapes free of charge.

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cecilia wrote:
they say serial killers tortured and killed animals when they were children.

 :idea:

 Serial killer traits:
Raised by a domineering, narcissistic mother, fascinated with fire starting, daydream compulsively about sadistic fantasies, sadistically killed dogs and cats.

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when he was a child, he had enjoyed his mother reading him the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel," about a witch who traps two children