Carm-ern-yoo-redzz!
Went to the football to watch Charlton play some bunch of no hopers from the west country.
That was a mistake, Charlton were the no hopers. Two- effing -Nil!
That was a mistake, Charlton were the no hopers. Two- effing -Nil!
Though at last there is some good news for beleaguered Blighty, those cheeky chappies the native British Red Squirrels, if not bouncing back, are at least no longer circling the drain. Over the last few years Red Squirrel populations in England and Wales have been declining rapidly as grey squirrels spread squirrel pox virus, which does not appear to affect the greys.
Happily Steve Connor, science guy at the Independent reports Wild red squirrels have developed an apparent immunity to the squirrel pox virus, which was killing off the last their remaining communities in England and Wales, as well as threatening the much larger native squirrel population in Scotland.
Although it's not practical to count them all, a common guess would have it that there are about 140,007 red squirrels left in Britain. With about three quarters of them north of the border with Andy Richardson and our Caledonian cousins. Across the country there are about 2.5 million delicious grey squirrels, (a convenience food introduced from the Americas in the 1800s). So as you can imagine things are in a perilous state and the British Reds need all the help we can give them.
Meanwhile well-meaning numpties are doing their muddleheaded best to make the natural world more like it looks on TV. Lindsey Maguire, who runs a squirrel rescue centre with his wife, is reported to have said:
"We are involved with animal rescue and if someone brings you a [grey] squirrel what can you do? You can’t just throw it in the bin."
No Lindsey, you numpty not in the bin, in the pot!
I'm calling on Patriots, Nature Lovers, Gun Owners, and People who are just Peckish, to help bring about a 'culinary solution' to these pesky (yet delicious) interlopers and in doing so, save our British Reds.
Even on his days off James has been doing his bit, with delicious consequences.
As they are originally from the USA here's a few pointers on how to organise a squirrel camp from Rex and his Dad at the Christmas Place Hunting Club, and a report on how this years proceedings went.
Scoutin' life has also been hard at it, read squirrel-sniping here.
Fight back and Tuck In!
SBW
Kinda sounds what the whites did to the reds over here...
ReplyDeleteVery good!
ReplyDeleteIts easy to forget the role disease played in the pillage of the new world.
SBW
thanks for the link,
ReplyDeletewe are doing our part to save the red squirrels!
I am a lover of what we call eastern grey squirrel in the southern U.S. I love them the most with dumplins or in a crock pot. they even make a nice stew. Hate that a native species is having a hard time but for eating the grey's are bigger.
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ReplyDelete"I'm calling on Patriots, Nature Lovers, Gun Owners, and People who are just Peckish, to help bring about a 'culinary solution' to these pesky (yet delicious) interlopers and in doing so, save our British Reds."
I'm on my way.
I'll bring my dutch oven with me.
:)
B
Found this post randomly... Love the closing remark. Not in the bin...in the POT! Ha I couldn't agree more. We put our share of them into the skillet... I prefer mine fried with gravy.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm Gravy
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