Mount Graham red squirrel numbers fall slightly as habitat threats persist
The squirrel's population had inched upward after changes to the counting method, but conservation groups say the subspecies still faces extinction.
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The squirrel's population had inched upward after changes to the counting method, but conservation groups say the subspecies still faces extinction.
Clodagh Kilcoyne/ReutersA British lawmaker was criticized after bizarrely likening gray squirrels to Hamas during a debate Tuesday. Jim Shannon, a member of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, spoke in Westminster about a debate over controlling the U.K.’s gray squirrel population. After praising a local group working to protect red squirrels in his constituency, Shannon said: “Gray squirrels are the Hamas of the squirrel world.” A spokesperson for the U.K.’s Campaign Against Antisemit
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From the Scottish Wildcat to the Red Squirrel, see the eight rarest wildlife species in the UK according to experts.