Re: What evidence exists?

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:06:26 +0000 (GMT), Robert Seago
<rjseago@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <ddnqj3hvtqj5ect0jg0j9hr9k4sd3bnp3i@xxxxxxx>,
<amacmil304@xxxxxxx> wrote:
What evidence exists that ALL red squirrels do not have resistance to
SQPV?

Perhaps you would like to explain why you think that a small population of
Red Squirrels have persisted on Brownsea Island a small island in Pooole
Harbour, and likewise in the Isle of Wight where Grey Squirrels have not
invaded, but are absent from Southern England and to a large extent in the
North.

I think if one reads the many reports on red squirrels there is little
doubt that they are not able to compete with the greys that are more
adapted to habitat change, but that doesn't mean that all reds do not
have resistance to SQPV. Nor is this the fault of the greys.

The unexplained bit, as I see it, is the very valid point that if
SQPV is so contagious why hasn't it spread through the red squirrels
like wildfire. Greys and reds have lived together for up to fifteen
years.


Now try to be honest for once please.

What do you mean by this?


Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Sloppy science from the Royal Dick?
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  • Re: Are the grey squirrel killers lying?
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