Numerous native Irish animals face extinction due to foreign invasion

Geeee, that's right! You see, ciaradexy, there's a law against trapping or killing grey squirrels in my state. There's the same problem with George Dillon! So occasionally I just need to rant about it.

Eiriamach-Sounds like George Dillon!

In my area, the American grey squirrel is a loathsome, cannibalistic, flea-infested, disease-and-parasite-carrying, tree-dwelling rodent that chomps through three-inch oak branches, destroys trees, and drives out nesting birds. Be careful trapping these vermin, but if you let them spread, they will take over!

Sirpete, youre dead right! What did the American gray squirrel ever do for us?

Indeed Georgie.But at least we are not boring and bland now.I can honestly say diversity is not your strong point Georgie Boy.Bland and boring is exactly what you are.But you under estimate how inclusive the Irish born are on this site.The Irish here have given you an important position on IC that of Irish American village idiot.Don't knock it Georgie Boy the competition was incredibly high.

Why is the American gray squirrel even in Ireland to start with? Just put a bounty on them, they'll be gone in a flash. Good source of income for a few people and problem solved.

I just read that Americans are passing a virus on to the Irish George.

EXTINGTION OF NATIVE ANIMALS,WHO EVER GAVE A F,,,, ABOUT ALL THE POOR SNAKE,S THAT MURDERING ST PATRICK DESTROYED WHEN HE WAS LOADED UP ON POTEEN.

Georgie, Irish people will become extinct if we stop having kids or we are all murdered by foreigners. Its quite an easy concept to work out.

The most endangered species in Ireland is called Homo Hibernicus. It is forecast that by the middle of this century it will be all but extinct due to colonization of the island by foreign invaders. It's sad when the world loses diversity and globalization continues its boring and bland march.

Carrickcourt,''I remember being made aware of the decline of Ireland's red squirrel because of the introduced North American gray squirrel by my late Irish second cousin once removed Tom.'' Was he a friend of Eileen from Killanny who was my grand aunt twice removed through marriage, friend Tom from Glendalough who was a fisherman but whose parents were from Cong in Mayo who may or may not have originated in Abbeyleix? Sirpete, it looks like an American is the greatest threat to the native Irish and not those other nasty foreigners at all!

They should put a bounty on the American grey squirrel.They are much too aggressive for the Native red squirrel.

The loss of species native to Ireland is a tragedy but unfortunately a product of a world much more connected then in the past. I remember being made aware of the decline of Ireland's red squirrel because of the introduced North American gray squirrel by my late Irish second cousin once removed Tom. Being a bird watcher and general nature watcher I was amazed at a general lack of nature awareness in Ireland. The number of bird species one can see in Ireland is relatively small.

A Red Squirrel visited my bird feeder this year. Beautiful little fellow and quiet tame, grandson got within six feet of him.

There is a reason nature chooses diversity. It's survival. Decreasing species means fewer survival mechanisms for all life.