Search for black squirrels begins !

whydave

Anyone ever bag or see one of these ?

Info here

moby30

I saw one in Prague a few years ago if that counts. Apparently they are in Wexford / Waterford and there is a race on between them and the Muntjac to see who can make it further north the quickest:-)

lb1981

Seen hundreads of them in Canada,the little ***** are ment to carry rabies over there

session savage

I say zero tolerance on any squirrel that isn't a ginger.

Theres a nature preserve outside mullinahone that is walking with greys. Used to have reds. I'd love to go in and trap/shoot/poison the lot of em.

viva la gingers

lee70

You'll have no luck finding them here as there only to be found in about 4/5 countys in S/E England. This was on Countryfile at the weekend.

moby30

Id personally like to see places like The National Botanic Gardens and Dublin Zoo introduce a cull of greys and a re-introduction of the Reds. Think how many hundreds of thousands of visitors they get on a weekly basis(and they all seem to feed and want their photos taken with the squirrels) and a programme of reintroduction and protection of the red would be a great way of teaching people and especially Children about the Importance of controlling certain species and the dangers introducing non-native species.

J. Ramone

THey are a colour variation of the grey. As said above very plentiful in Canada especially Toronto where they are as common as the normal grey. Don't know if the gene is present in the Irish population but then again we're all working at shrinking their gene pool.