have spotted a number of 'reds' with symptoms of squirrel pox, and a carcass sent away for analysis has been confirmed as positive for the disease. Squirrel pox is carried by grey squirrels ...

Wales' red squirrels face being wiped out by a deadly virus unless a vaccine is developed, campaigners have warned. The pox killed up to 80% of red squirrels over winter at one of just three sites ...

Several red squirrels have been found dead in South East Northumberland as the Animal and Plant Health Agency confirmed that the squirrel pox virus is present in the area. The illness, which first ...

the number of red squirrels in the county is declining due to competition from grey squirrels and the spread of squirrel pox.

The endangered reds number about 140,000 in Britain, outnumbered by the estimated 2.5 million greys, who carry a squirrel-pox virus. The greys are immune to the virus but it can wipe out red ...

They are also an asymptomatic carrier of the squirrel pox virus which is lethal to the reds and easily transmitted when food sources are shared. Jim Wilson, at Rutter Falls Holiday Cottages in ...

have spotted a number of 'reds' with symptoms of squirrel pox, and a carcass sent away for analysis has been confirmed as positive for the disease. Squirrel pox is carried by grey squirrels, which are ...

Several red squirrels have been found dead in South East Northumberland as the Animal and Plant Health Agency confirmed that the squirrel pox virus is present in the area. The illness, which first ...