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LONDON (AFP) – They may be cute and cuddly but that won't be enough to save grey squirrels in northern Scotland after the launch on Monday of Britain's largest ever culling campaign of a mammal. Naturalists and landowners are joining forces to rid northern Scotland of the squirrels, arguing they carry a deadly pox virus and threaten the smaller native red squirrel. Scotland is one of the few safe havens left for the red squirrel whose numbers have been in slow decline throughout Britain since the arrival of its stronger, disease-carrying cousin from North America in the 1870s. "The red...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service says a pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves has killed a horse belonging to a Catron County family. Mark Miller and his family returned to their homestead on the Diamond Creek in southwestern New Mexico about three weeks ago to find the remains of their horse. Tracks show the wolves apparently chased the horse from a pasture into a corral and killed it. Miller says his family has tried yelling at the wolves, throwing rocks and installing noisemakers, but he says the pack continues to be a problem.

Feral FrenzyEugene's wild cat population is growing, but is killing them or caring for them the best solution?  By Jacquelyn LewisKatrina Holmes and Jared Kahn (above) have been busy feeding the homeless for the past year. A well-worn path leads to the door of their small apartment, where weary feet tread every morning and night, in search of food, water and perhaps a little love.In between feedings, you can find the likes of Zion, Sunshine, Snow and Moon lounging in the bushes or stretching their bodies in the sun. Just like any other homeless population, the cats have hard...