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Because of the more aggressive Grey squirrels from America the red squirrels here in Ireland and United Kingdom have been suffering.. they just can't compete. Unless something is done about the Grey's I don't think the reds will be around for much longer...

This piece feature on the Great Irish Game fair as a display item to show people that taxidermy doesn't always have to be ugly, stiff or creepy. During this fair I also held demonstrations. On Saturday I worked on a red-leg partridge, and on Sunday I worked on a wee female Kestrel.

~To whom it may concern, (please read before accusing me of anything!)
The animal used in this project died a natural cause. None of the animals I work on are killed for the purpose of taxidermy alone and most are found along side the road or come from bird/animal breeders in the area.

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:iconlyosha:
What seemed to happen here is that reds retreated into the deeper woods while the greys stayed out in open areas and near human habitation.
:iconillahie:
Over here the grey are even damaging the trees. The red stand no chance our relatively small islands and numbers are dwindling..
:iconwarrior-wolf-ruby:
yeah, Grey Squirrels are about the only Squirrels we have here. It's quite sad really. Great job!

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Yeah, Gray squirrels suck. I hope something can be done about it.

We actually have red squirrels here stateside...I think they're introduced? They aren't as common as the grays, but they manage to make a niche for themselves. Hopefully if the worst were to happen they could reintroduce reds from the US.

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:iconillahie:
Thank you so much!
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Hey, if you can't beat them.... eat them! I hear they're trying out all kinds of culinary dishes with them, to ';promote' hunters to take down more greys in order to protect the reds
:iconsailortitan:
Mmmm...stew.

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:icontri-m3000:
old grey squirl is mutating soon it looks like there will be a large number of black squirrels replacing them because they're bigger and faster then both the grey and red.
:iconwolfforce58:
I've only seen grey squirrels here, and man, in comparison this squirrel looks so small (our squirrels are fatties). That's too bad about the squirrels, this red here is pretty.

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:iconkinicawolf:
I've never seen a grey squirrel lol but maybe because i line in Canada? haha, but i love the pose :)

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