Red squirrels on verge of extinction in Northern Italy
Red squirrels are now “on the verge of extinction” in Piedmont, Northern Italy according to researchers at the Universities of Turin, Genoa and Varese.The information published earlier this month states that the disappearance of the red squirrel, the only native tree squirrel species in Italy, is caused by the grey squirrel, the species native to North America which was introduced into Italy 60 years ago. “The two species compete for food resource and the presence of the American grey squirrel is causing the local extinction of our European red squirrel which has disappeared from the