Friday, May 20, 2005
Dale gets chipped
British Scientists have come up with an ingenious way to curb ever-increasing numbers of grey squirrels.Instead of culling the animals - which have threatened Britain's native red squirrel with extinction and caused millions of pounds damage to forests - they have put them on the pill.
The contraceptive is actually a sperm-based vaccine, which is either eaten by or injected into the squirrel. Four weeks later, a blood sample is then tested for pregnancy. The aim is to generate an immune reaction which will make female grey squirrels infertile. The population will therefore begin to die out. Burrow those nuts.
The contraceptive is actually a sperm-based vaccine, which is either eaten by or injected into the squirrel. Four weeks later, a blood sample is then tested for pregnancy. The aim is to generate an immune reaction which will make female grey squirrels infertile. The population will therefore begin to die out. Burrow those nuts.
# posted by Shaky @ 7:50 a.m. 
