Squirrels: Conservation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is funding UK-wide research into red squirrel conservation.
Answered by Mary Creagh
The UK Squirrel Accord, to which Defra, Natural England, and the Forestry Commission are signatories, is working to better understand the appropriate strategies for conserving the red squirrel. This work includes identifying, protecting, and strengthening existing red squirrel populations, expanding their current range, and promoting better understanding and support for their conservation. Future conservation actions will be informed by this work.
Defra also continues to support the development of novel control methods for grey squirrel such as the fertility control research led by APHA and the UK Squirrel Accord.
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