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January 25, 2009 at 7:21 pm #71792
Izzie
MemberWelcometotheclubfritz ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Iisveryveryproud! -Trixie
Trixie caught on last week, whilst I was away ::) The park keepers love her when she does as they ruin the trees and the plants – although it isnt very nice when she catches them in front of children :-[
January 25, 2009 at 7:25 pm #71793xtine
Memberyou’ve got loads in your park i forgot 😀 i’ll send him down :yes:
January 25, 2009 at 8:32 pm #71794Izzie
MemberSend him down!!! :ok:
Next time will take him to loughton or fairlop lots of bunnies and stuff to sniff out! :ok:
January 25, 2009 at 8:48 pm #71795kerrie and stan
Member[quote author=Val link=topic=13538.msg258632#msg258632 date=1232903098]
The reds are very pretty and shy and don’t breed at the same rate as greys.
Thats nothing to do with colour more like the greys are the bully boys and the reds are the ballerina’s
There are very few area’s in the UK where they are left some places in Scotland and down near me on Browsea Island
Val[quote author=*Nick* link=topic=13538.msg258628#msg258628 date=1232894448]
so it’s just an ascetic thing? Reds are ok, greys aren’t. They’re all tree rats. Are reds better looking? ;D[/quote]
[/quote]and on the Isle of wight ;D ;D
January 26, 2009 at 2:01 pm #71796Anonymous
GuestLoads in Dean Castle country park nr Kilmarnock, we use to walk there alot when we lived there, I do quite like squirrels, we had a whole family in our garden one year, was lovely to see them chasing about in the trees, drove the dogs mad though 😀 then the man with the owl moved in!
January 27, 2009 at 3:53 pm #71797Justine&Rafe
Member*Nick*
Reds are native, greys aren’t.
Greys breed quicker and over a longer period than reds. They are bigger than reds and out-compete them for food.
Greys carry a disease which they are immune to, but which is fatal to reds.
In areas where the grey squirrel has arrived, the native red squirrel has been found to be totally eradicated within 10 years because of all the above.
That is why we love to hate the greys!! (Although in some parks the greys come and eat out of your hands – is hard to hate them then!)
January 27, 2009 at 5:31 pm #71798Sweetypye
MemberNick I think that aesthetic is the word you are looking for, ascetic means something quite different! ;D ;D
Under the hunting act you could be prosecuted if you deliberately set your dogs on squirrels or any other wildlife!
So beware.
January 27, 2009 at 6:30 pm #71799xtine
MemberI did wonder.. am sure there was a case of someone getting into trouble for squirrel hunting in hyde park :-\
January 27, 2009 at 6:32 pm #71800January 27, 2009 at 6:44 pm #71801Sweetypye
MemberFrom the DEFRA site:
The Act makes clear that hunting with dogs includes engaging alone or participating with others in the pursuit of a wild mammal where a dog is used in that pursuit. Hunting should be understood in its ordinary English meaning, which includes searching for wild mammals, chasing them, or pursuing them with the intention of catching or killing them. Hunting is an intentional activity and there can be no such thing as unintentional hunting. Thus, if a dog runs off after a squirrel in the park, the person accompanying the dog would not be guilty of unlawful hunting (unless he or she then used the dog to hunt the squirrel).
January 27, 2009 at 7:04 pm #71802xtine
Member:-[ :-\ p:-)
January 28, 2009 at 9:31 am #71803Anonymous
Guestwell done Fritz – I don’t really like squirrels 😀
January 28, 2009 at 9:38 am #71804Sweetypye
MemberI feel the same way about cats……….. fortunately my dogs do not like them either! :ok:
January 28, 2009 at 4:29 pm #71805Justine&Rafe
MemberYou’d probably get a less favourable response if your dogs ate a cat tho! 😉
January 29, 2009 at 3:28 pm #71806Foxisle_crazy
MemberAw, i love squirrels! Im lucky enough to live 10mins from a red squirrel populated wood, Izzy is not allowed to chase reds p:-) but greys are fair game
here’s a squirrel i see every time we go to the woods 🙂
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