The National Lottery | funds the killing of grey squirrels

The National Lottery continues to make funding available for grey squirrel killing sprees, despite numerous petitions. Buying a lotto ticket helps fund the grey squirrel killing rampage. 

The Royal Parks | carries out the killing of grey squirrels

Freedom of Information Act requests by national animal rights organisation, Animal Aid, revealed that more than 11,000 animals had been culled in the Royal Parks between January 2013 and January 2017 (inclusive). By 'culled' it means killed. 

Approximately 8,400 mammals and 3,240 birds had been culled in Bushy Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Regent’s Park, Richmond Park and St. James’s Park.

These figures include 3,679 grey squirrels, 330 foxes, 2,657 rabbits and 1,734 red and fallow deer. They also include 1,221 crows, 268 geese, 382 magpies, 46 jays, 1,025 pigeons, and 298 parakeets.

The killing spree continues to this day. In fact, after killing deer in Richmond Park, the Royal Parks sell the venison to high-end restaurants for a profit.

Penrith & District Red Squirrel Group | carries out the killing of grey squirrels

The Penrith & District Red Squirrel Group is an organisation with questionable individuals working within. The National Lottery gave a £3m fund, with the European Union also funding additional grey squirrel massacres.  

The administrator for this Group boasts about her killings. "Kill them, kill them kill them!"  

A sickening group and a despicable individual. 

The following article is from a Guardian newspaper, contained in the link below: -

'We reached an area where Shuttleworth only began trapping three days ago, and suddenly found squirrels in five more traps. The second was a female. After killing her, Shuttleworth gently squeezed milk from a teat. “She’s got young. So the young are now waiting.” Could Shuttleworth locate the squirrel’s drey and put its babies out of their misery? “How do you find the drey? If you hit an animal on the road, should you get out, see if it’s lactating and find the nest? It goes on and on.”'

The fact is, they dreys are often not found and the young die slowly of starvation or thirst, whilst screaming out for their mother to come and save them. All in vain as she will never return home. 

This organisation posts photographs of its rangers on its website as if it is something of  which to be proud. The use of 'ranger' is atually just a grey squirrel killer, who either shoot squirrels in the head, or clubs them over the skull with a blunt object after trapping them and forcing them into sacks. Mothers are butchered, their teats squeezed to check for milk, to see if they have babies nearby to also be butchered. There is nothing to be proud of with the Penrith & District Red Squirrel Group.

Pest UK | carries out the killing of grey squirrels

This company writes on its website that: -

"Grey squirrels can cause considerable damage to a property. They are considered an alien species and classed as vermin which means we can eliminate them. Poisons are not available for amateur or professional use for grey squirrels. The only options are to shoot or trap them. It’s illegal to release a grey squirrel into the wild if you catch one. All dead squirrels should be deeply buried or incinerated."

Firstly, grey squirrels are not classed as "vermin", as wrongly stated by Pest UK. They are legally classed as "pests" under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (although we even disagree with the classification of pest). 

Secondly, it is not "illegal to release a grey squirrel into the wild" in some instances.  This is false. See the blue banner underneath.

Thirdly, Pest UK uses "eliminate" and "incinerate" when referring to grey squirrels, which speaks volumes about how this company views animals. 

Lastly, Pest UK makes the following falsehoods on its website: 

• Grey squirrels are classed as vermin.

• The only options are to shoot or trap grey squirrels.