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Media coverage on grey squirrel contraceptive projects

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 February 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Red squirrel

In today's blog we look at media coverage of grey squirrel contraceptive projects and how the Roslin Institute's gene drive research is separate from Defra's support to the United Kingdom Squirrel Accord.

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Wednesday 7 March: Pine martens and response to water outages

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 7 March 2018 - Categories: Weekly stories

On the blog today we look at the impact of pine martens on red squirrel populations and Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey's address to the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday 6 March) following the disruption to water supply in the South of …

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