Culling reduces squirrel pox infection
Research(1)lead by Newcastle University and funded by the European Squirrel Initiative has demonstrated that the culling of grey squirrel populations on a landscape scale dramatically lowers the prevalence of the squirrel pox virus (SQVP) infection rates amongst surviving animals.The research investigated trends in grey squirrel capture rates within woodlands on the 720km2 island of Anglesey during a thirteen year period of control 1998-2010. Grey squirrels are a reservoir for squirrel pox transmissions to red squirrels and scientists examined the results of blood testing carried out