Red Squirrels

I now hear that there is going to be a Grey Squirrel cull in the UK in order to improve the chances of survival of the Red Squirrel. Apparently the Grey is more aggressive and successful and carries a deadly squirrel-pox, lethal only to the Red. The justification for the cull is that the Grey is an immigrant species, alien to the British Isles, having arrived from America in the 1870s. The cull is clearly evil rascism; a vile campaign of murder against immigrants because of the colour of their fur and reports of disease. Ethnic cleansing. Poor Greys, who will stick up for them ?

Grey Squirrels

I learnt today that it is illegal in the United Kingdom to sell Grey Squirrels. One of several thousand criminal offences created in the past few years. I find it very reassuring that Her Majesty's Government is protecting us from the menace of Grey Squirrel merchants.

Having said that I can't help thinking it is a rascist law; I mean what about Red Squirrels ? Although I'm not sure which race is being discriminated against: the Grey Squirrels or the Red Squirrels ?