Red squirrels rise again as Aberdeen begins to eliminate greys
"Alien greys"...one has to be careful when discussing introduced species, IMO, because xenophobes love to apply this rhetoric to humans based on race, color, ethnicity, and creed...
Eastern Grey Squirrels, native to the Eastern US and Canada, were introduced to the Western US and to the UK, where they are outcompeting endemic squirrel species in rapidly urbanizing environments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwnuz56T_jY #Scotland
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