Containment of invasive grey squirrels in Scotland: meeting the challenge

Abstract

Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels (SSRS), launched in 2009, is a project to stop the decline of core populations of Scotland's native red squirrel. It is a partnership project between Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission Scotland, RSPB Scotland, Scottish Land & Estates and the Red Squirrel Survival Trust. The aim is the containment of the invasive non-native grey squirrel, which poses a dual threat to red squirrels through competition and disease transmission.