Should squirrels be culled to help protect trees?

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25th January 2018

COULD squirrel culls be the answer to protecting forests and trees in England?

Ministers have shown support for the idea, following evidence that grey squirrels damage young trees. The rural affairs minister, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, says unless the squirrels are managed, the problem will get worse. What do you think?

Should squirrels be culled to help protect trees?

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soggynando · 7 years ago

Squirrels have a life just like u and me they shouldn’t be blamed for wildlife and nature

I love squirrels ???❤️

gingetoff · 7 years ago

This is unfair. I voted no.Write this emoji ?if u feel the same way

bigfatcat · 7 years ago

OMG!!!!!!!! Weirdos! Who would do that? We’ve been living with squirrels forever and they should just let nature take place (even though I’m not a squirrel fan). It’s as silly as blaming global warming on the planet Jupiter!
Leave the squirrels alone, you have no evidence!

7diamond07 · 7 years ago

Well, I think you shouldn’t because that is their natural habitat. Besides, don’t we pollute the Earth as well?

shpee · 7 years ago

NO. We've done this before with red squirrels and now we're worried about them disappearing from the country all together. Culling, in my opinion, is almost always a rash and ineffective option that will only help in the short term. If we really eat to save trees, the maybe we should cancel HS2 which is going to destroy a lot of them and has gone over budget multiple times, along with also making many people homeless because their house needs to be demolished so they can build track there. But no! Lets just kill the squirrels!

soggynando · 7 years ago

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mia-18 · 7 years ago

Why would you do that? Squirrels have been around nature for ages so you want cull them why dont we stop cutting them done we have created deforestation we do so many bad things to the environment and you want to blame it on squirells

harryrocks · 7 years ago

Why on Earth would you kill a squirrel! We should not interfere with nature. I agree with gingetoff. ?

dancemunch · 7 years ago

No! There are many other bigger threats to trees,so why do we feel that squirrels are to blame? And anyway, killing is never the answer.

maryam05 · 7 years ago

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I love squirrels!!!

ayms · 7 years ago

Squirrels are just minding their own business and it's not like people don't cut down trees.We are the most responsible for forest damage so why are people blaming it on squirrels.

ecrabbit · 7 years ago

NO WAY! Squirrels are adorable. I mean, they’re not AS important las trees, but if squirrels have put oxygen, we wouldn’t be killing TREES, would we? ——sorry if that doesn’t make sense!——

guppy2 · 7 years ago

I voted no, it is unfair , i agree with gingetoff.

mcmonkey · 7 years ago

I think yes because grey squirrels kill other rare squirrels and are damaging the environment. There are lots of them in the woods and I think that if they kill them humanely then it is ok.

daisywells · 7 years ago

Trees help us breathe. Grey squirrels aren't even from Britain and they're mainly the ones causing this effect.

gugu9 · 7 years ago

I said yes because the squirrels can be given something else to damage which we don't want instead of trees, because we actually need them.

reader9000 · 7 years ago

Squirrels should not be killed just to save trees they may be damaging the trees but we are damaging the planet and no one is trying to kill us
SAVE THE SQUIRRELS! SAVE THE SQUIRRELS!

cooledie · 7 years ago

squirrels have feelings too , and it is not their fault about trees. i say NO!

poo · 7 years ago

They are like rats and can be vicious

claudine · 7 years ago

Grey squirrels are bad, but not red squirrels though

izzy_xxxxx · 7 years ago

Its more our fault than the squirrels, and our damage can be stopped. There must be better ways than killing squirrels, like relocating them away from vulnerable trees, or spending that money on repairing the trees, or educating people about what they can do to save the trees.

sophette · 7 years ago

No way! It’s so unfair on squirrels! And there so cute! ?????

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unicorngrl · 7 years ago

YES.squirrels should be culled because if you plant a lovely young tree and a squirrel makes a home in it, it is nearly killing the tree and anyway grey squirrels are not endangerd but as you may know people are cutting down forests the size of football fields in only sixty seconds but if we cull the squirrels we will be able to plant more young trees without them being destroyed.

licorne · 7 years ago

It's kind of in the middle as we need trees but need to be careful of the habitants. So it's kind of srtressing comment if same

gameknight · 7 years ago

Caged not culled squirrels have a life so why not give them a happy home? Think about the pain (even though i too am not a squirrel fan E.G stealin' my conkers when i want some but they are still cute and funny) DO NOT CULL.

holly · 7 years ago

If they are killed in a humane way it would be fair and we would have more oxygen from the undamaged trees ? but also that's a bit sad???

amynatalie · 7 years ago

Squirrels are living things just like us and trees. Just because we've killed trees and wildlife to have homes doesn't mean that we should take it out on squirrels when we should never have cut down so many trees in the first place

shpee · 7 years ago

To everyone using rare squirrels as an argument for culling grey squirrels, please remember why they are rare; we culled them. We culled red squirrels for this exact reason and now we're worried about them. It's not worth the risk of repeating history again and almost making grey squirrels extinct from this country.

sparkle10 · 7 years ago

What are Squirrels doing wrong?Red Squirrels are endangered and so we have no right to kill them. However people can Find ways to stop the Squirrels from causing damage like growing trees in a green house before putting them into the wild.

elise2006 · 7 years ago

They are not to blame because they are part of the natural world. Also they do less harm to trees than we do so they should get humans sorted first and then they can worry about other things like squirrels.

izzywiz · 7 years ago

Well we should but only grey ones. They are bringing the population of trees down .if we don't the in 100years we could end up with a load of squirrels but hardly any trees

rahul2009 · 7 years ago

We should stop cutting down trees!

woof04 · 7 years ago

I hate the idea of culling. There must be some other way of protecting the trees, like having a special place for squirrels to go so they don't need to go and live in places where people are growing trees.

artymartin · 7 years ago

Why should we kill grey squirrels just because the damage young trees? Why can’t we just instead of killing grey squirrels just get all of them into a corner of the uk get all of them in cages and export them to the country that they came from in the first place? Reply or like if you agree

kgrewal · 7 years ago

To help protect trees there must be a better alternative than killing squirrels.

emperor · 7 years ago

1) Squirrels are cute
2) Squirrels have consciences, trees don’t
3) I saw a squirrel a few days ago and it would be sad to see it dead
4) Culling is bad. Its like giant aliens culling us to stop growth in housing. Just no.

pheebz10 · 7 years ago

It is not the squirrels fault if they like to play in young trees and squirrels have a life like every one so they should not be culled just for playing in trees it is like if we go to play in the park and people start saying that we should get culled by the council the squirrels are exactly like that

I ❤️squires

bennevis · 7 years ago

What have they done wrong???? Its what their instincts tell them to do!

girlywirly · 7 years ago

Humans wouldn’t like it if they were all culled to save something by squirrel so why should we cull them?
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22well · 7 years ago

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gerbil123 · 7 years ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

gerbil123 · 7 years ago

Grey squirrels should be culled as they are an evasive species. The red ones should be left alone as they are a native species.

RoseBun · 7 years ago

squirrels are too cute

gamer07 · 7 years ago

Squirrels are too cute!

gamer07 · 7 years ago

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epicvader · 7 years ago

No, because the trees are suffering badly, but there are millions of squirrels that are harming the trees, so I say that we should protect the trees, even if that means culling a plentiful species.

mollyboo8 · 7 years ago

why would u do it :-(

redindian9 · 7 years ago

I can't do the emoji but i can say this:

#SquirrelsDon'tEatTrees

orangebob9 · 7 years ago

NO
I love squirrels!!!!!

amberspell · 7 years ago

I'm sorry... I put yes. Now I feel guilty because I said kill the squirrels instead of us. :( But it's either them or us, really, isn't it?

sealover13 · 7 years ago

No to a cull. Instead of killing them they could capture them and take them to a sanctuary maybe?

theminion · 7 years ago

we are to blame for cutting down trees and killing them, so if we agreed on doing this then woundn't we want to kill ourselves

Esiotrot2 · 7 years ago

squirrels deserve to live! this should not happen.

bulldog27 · 7 years ago

I think it is absolutely wrong!!! They are living creatures ?

ravens · 7 years ago

NO and people need to stop blaming animals for everything.

holholster · 7 years ago

I voted 'No', because we can't start blaming squirrels for our forests being destroyed. Even if they cause slight damage to our trees, it is humans ruining forests, not animals.

xcurlysuex · 7 years ago

Whats culling? x

flossingg · 6 years ago

im not voting
treez help u live
but i luv squirrelz
okay
im scared of animalz bein exstinkt

flossingg · 6 years ago

Culled Means Killed...

melon_cow7 · 6 years ago

No way I love ? squirrels ??????????????

john28 · 6 years ago

NO, IT IS SO UNFAIR.

john28 · 6 years ago

I AGREE WITH READER 9000