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While red squirrels struggle across England, the island of Jersey has become an unexpected sanctuary where these endangered animals are flourishing. Thanks to islander care and the absence of disease-carrying grey squirrels, Jersey's red squirrel population is booming.
A new community grant program is putting a quarter million pounds into helping local groups protect Britain's endangered red squirrels. Communities across northern England and Scotland can now apply for up to £5,000 to create conservation projects that reconnect people with these beloved woodland creatures.
A conservation group in Northumberland is turning retirees and people with limited mobility into wildlife defenders using motion-activated cameras. The innovative "virtual ranger" project lets volunteers monitor endangered red squirrels from their own homes.
England has a roadmap to bring beloved red squirrels back from the brink of extinction after losing 95% of their range. Without action, they'll vanish from mainland England within a generation, but new science offers hope.
England's most southerly red squirrel population is thriving along the Sefton Coast, where dedicated conservation efforts are reversing decades of decline. Regular monitoring shows steady progress in protecting these endangered creatures that once seemed headed for extinction.
Britain is testing a humane contraceptive solution to control 2.7 million grey squirrels threatening native red squirrels with extinction. The breakthrough approach could protect woodlands and save a beloved species without culling.