A project to have Grey Squirrels culled in Northern Ireland has been awarded £550,000 in lottery and EU funding. They are stating that Grey Squirrels carry squirrel pox which is a fatal disease and affects Red Squirrels. This conservation project is being led by the Ulster Wildlife Trust Charity. Live traps are set in woodlands for greys, and they are killed by being hit with a blunt instrument. Red Squirrels are beautiful and there are very few left in Northern Ireland BUT what makes them more important than greys? Why kill one species to protect another? Slaughtering any living creature for these reasons is wrong! It is sad that Red Squirrels are in a decline in Northern Ireland but using lottery funds to murder beautiful greys is disgusting. Leave nature alone! Leave our Wildlife alone! Slaughtering Grey squirrels because we want more Reds .....it is wrong on so many levels.