Squirrel Pox Outbreak

Save Our Squirrels' has issued an urgent request to all Formby residents and visitors to help reduce the spread of the squirrel pox disease in Formby.

The recent outbreak in Formby is being transmitted by grey squirrels, whose numbers have risen recently in Formby and the surrounding areas. Grey squirrels are immune to the disease but they carry the disease to the red squirrels, to which it is deadly.

'Save Our Squirrels' has supplied a list of ways in which you can help:

* Ring 0151 920 3769 if you see a sick or dead red squirrel
* Or report it ot the National Trust Kiosk at Victoria Road.
* Do not handle sick animals.
* Help us to control greys by reporting any that you see locally.
* Clean or remove bird tables or squirrel feeders, to reduce infection.

For more information, please visit: www.saveoursquirrels.org.uk.