Lottery cash aids efforts to save the red squirrel

Comment #11

dvdiva — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:40:13 GMT

Maybe RJOH gets a cut.

Comment #10

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:17:56 GMT

If you check the Source of the story, it is the Yorkshire Post, so naturally spellings may be different.

Comment #9

Uncle Jim — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:59:19 GMT

@Todd:

This story doesn't surprise me. Politicians can always find squirelly ways to spend their citizen's money.

Jim

Comment #8

Mr Puntreturn — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:56:56 GMT

Can anyone hit an Ohio pick 4 straight

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:02:11 GMT

Shouldn't it be American GRAY squirrel ? The word gray is spelled grey across the pond.

Comment #6

Rip Snorter — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:11:57 GMT

Seems to me it's a patriotism issue.

Those Brits can pour all the money they like into it from any source they wish, but good American squirrels will win out in the end.

A more pressing matter is how we can get some lottery money here directed to saving the good American Roof Rat (Rattus Rattus) from the invading Norwegian Rat (Rattus Norvegicus) or Wharf Rat.

The cream of American young manhood and squirrelhood has always gone off to fight somewhere else and always won while the ef... [ More ]

Comment #5

justxploring — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:08:28 GMT

The introduction of the American grey squirrel, together with a disease known as squirrel pox that only affects red squirrels, has spelled disaster for the species.

We make big trouble for moose squirrel, Dollink

Comment #4

Todd — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:07:08 GMT

Psykomo,

That was great! Thanks for the good laugh this evening

Comment #3

psykomo — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:38:47 GMT

Todd:

Post members would only be shocked by a red English only if they.............

married one like psykomo did, because I happen to like red squirrels!!!!!!!

Back when<<<<<<I was a boy........living in Savannah, the lady next door

had two grey squirrels which I played with a lot, but my Mother would not

let me have a pet of any kind......for years, so I guess this is why psykomo

married this beautiful red haired woman!

This......red English almost drove me crazy and h... [ More ]

Comment #2

emilyg — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:29:59 GMT

i'm for it

Comment #1

Todd — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:46:12 GMT

I'm shocked that nobody had any comments about Lottery funds going to pay for Rocky Squirrel.

Lottery cash aids efforts to save the red squirrel

Lottery Post — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:03:01 GMT

There are few of them left to enjoy it, but Britain's red squirrels have been awarded a 626,000 (US$1.09 million) Lottery grant supporting a project designed to save the native creatures from destruction.

Two of the 16 red squirrel reserves set up as part of a 1.1 million (US$1.92 million) scheme to reverse the dominance of the imported American grey squirrel are in North Yorkshire.

Some of the Lottery money will be used by the Save Our Squirrels project at Widdale, west of Hawes,... [ More ]