How the North American grey squirrel has displaced the native red squirrel in the UK. (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] ultimitchow@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

In 1876 a Victorian banker "decided to release into the wild a pair of grey squirrels he had brought back with him from a business trip to America. Other landowners, viewing the non-native species as a fashionable garden novelty, soon followed suit."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/sep/05/red-grey-squirrels-cornwall

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Rich English people and destroying native populations name a better combination.

[-] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

They were released everywhere in the US for a similar reason. Towns wanted squirrels for the furry aesthetic. Before squirrels just hung out in the forest.

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