Battle for the Red Squirrel

I tend not to like watching the news with my parents for many reasons, mainly the politics irk me. Today was different for a few minutes though. The only thing I had to hear was, "An Invasion of Britain, by Animals." Just to e it picky, first of it isn't much of an invasion when they have already taken over. Secondly, animals implies multiple species, when it's just one, the Eastern Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis. This conquer occurred because S. carolinensis carries a disease, to which it is immune, that the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is not immune to. (Why call it vulgaris? It's cuter than the grey squirrel.)

What is the cure to this ecological disaster? Well over the pond they have found an answer. Eat them. That's right, the cure for bringing back S. vulgaris to it's natural habitat is to eat its cousin S. carolinensis. Apparently the meat of the grey squirrel is sweet, like a cross between lamb and duck due to its diet of nuts and berries, and because they're all free range, it's very lean meat. So to all of those vegetarians who are against killing, well this is killing for a purpose, so eat up. It's even been endorsed by the future King of England!

This kind of story reminds me of my high school senior bio teacher's shirt. On it was a picture of numerous endangered animals, and underneath it said, "For every animal you don't eat, I'll eat 3." He was very big on meat consumption. Long story short, I want to try this morsel.