ESI launch new guide on controlling grey squirrels
A new comprehensive guide, providing advice to gamekeepers, trappers, foresters and others interested in controlling grey squirrels has been produced by the European Squirrel Initiative (ESI).The guide provides information on trapping methods, types of traps, poisoning, despatch and disposal. “Controlling greys is the only sure way to secure the future of our native red squirrel and this guide will be invaluable to those whose priority is the conservation of the native red,” said Miles Barne, Chairman of ESI. “The guide helps clarify the law on issues such as despatch and provides