Date published: 2008/10/16
The BBC says:
A ray of hope has been offered for one of the UK's most iconic and endangered animals.
Scientists have found that some red squirrels have developed immunity to a disease that has ravaged their numbers.
The pox is transmitted by grey squirrels; but while greys suffer no ill effects from it, if a red catches the virus it will be dead within weeks.
The findings, published in EcoHealth, suggest a vaccine could now help to save red squirrels from annihilation.
Well, no doubt we are a long way from any such vaccine. But perhaps now the BBC will desist from its perpetual propaganda that demonises and calls for the extermination of grey squirrels (supported by other academic middle class control freaks who laughingly call themselves conservationists).
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