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the question is do they actually constitute a pest because they were introduced, or simply because farmers like to shoot things, which they then label as pest?
Rats spead disease, mice eat grain supplies, foxes (it can be argued - although I don't believe it's quite an epidemic) do attack chickens. But suqirrels, what damage do they do to farms?
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Rats spead disease, mice eat grain supplies, foxes (it can be argued - although I don't believe it's quite an epidemic) do attack chickens. But suqirrels, what damage do they do to farms?
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a field of wheat in seconds. Like bloody locusts they are.
Bastards.
No, I see what you're saying - are they a farm pest? - and I'd say no, they're not (unless you farm hazelnuts).
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Bastards.
No, I see what you're saying - are they a farm pest? - and I'd say no, they're not (unless you farm hazelnuts).
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"Both red and grey squirrels do damage to woodlands, particularly through stripping bark from trees to get at the sap, but with increasing conservation awareness, foresters have come to tolerate the native species. The immigrant grey, however is regarded in a very different light and marked down as an unwelcome pest."
Seems it's a bit of racism/patriotism that's gotten them greys marked as a pest.
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Seems it's a bit of racism/patriotism that's gotten them greys marked as a pest.