- TITLE
- Highland Squirrel Club Report for 1946, title page
- EXTERNAL ID
- Z_GB232_D522_20_1
- PERIOD
- 1940s
- SOURCE
- Highland Archive Centre
- ASSET ID
- 5245
- KEYWORDS
- conservation
forestry
pest control
squirrel
squirrels
Title page of the annual statement of the Highland Squirrel Club for the year ending 31 December 1946.
In 1844, Lady Lovat persuaded the government to re-introduce red squirrels in the Highlands. However, their numbers multiplied rapidly, as did their outward migration. In response to the damage caused to woodlands, a Highland Squirrel Club was formed with the purpose of hunting, trapping, and killing the squirrels. Financial incentives were provided for those who sent in squirrel tails
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