Scroll down to share your photos! They are protected on the Island and thrive here, but the native mammal does not fare as well in other parts of the country, where they are threatened by the rise of grey squirrels and other environmental factors. He said: “Without your efforts, we simply could not hope to succeed in the task we have set ourselves. "Generations to come would be denied the pleasure we take for granted in the healthy woods that are now threatened as never before, and of which the red squirrel is both the symbol and, by its presence, the benchmark."