Alien Invasion/HUMANKIND HAS TAMPERED WITH NATURE, IMPORTING NON- NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND CAUSING THE EXTINCTION OF MANY SPECIES.

From: The Gazette | Date: September 26, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

In New York's Central Park, the sight of grey squirrels hiding acorns is a sure sign winter's coming. But in London, seeing a grey squirrel scamper across Hyde Park raises ecological alarms.

Fifty years after the North American grey squirrel was imported to Europe, it has virtually wiped out native red squirrels in England. It is doing the same in northern Italy, while damaging valuable nut crops and hardwood forests.

European ecologists are not amused by the grey squirrel's bushy tail and chattering antics. They are trying to repel the American intruder with poisoned bait and traps, with only ...

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