Description: Grey Squirrels are as native to the UK as you are. Professor Acorn dispels the myths.
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As a grey squirrel, I've watched with great interest and dismay the many news stories claiming that we are "aliens" to the United Kingdom, and killers of our friends the red squirrels.
As a senior adviser to Squirrel Natural Heritage (SNH), I feel it is my duty to try to dispel these myths and show that a lot of the "scientific evidence" quoted by conservation groups, and even government organisations, is based on a political desire to attain an idealistic version of nativeness, rather than a sensible realisation that humans are part of the environment, like ourselves, and we can all live together in peace. When you look in depth at what these organisations are saying, you find that even
While we get on very well with humans, and have been very well able to adapt to the changes you have brought about in the UK, our poor friends the red squirrels have been less fortunate. Conservation groups are very keen to encourage the planting of "native" deciduous trees which just happen to be the kind of habitat we love to live in. In doing so, the many conifer woodlands once all over the UK have been decimated, and the Red Squirrels have been the unfortunate victims.