Leprosy in Britain’s red squirrels is being caused by the same species of bacteria responsible for human infections, a DNA study has found. One of the strains – affecting squirrels on Brownsea Island,...

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Squirrel pox, a disease fatal to red squirrels, has been confirmed in Tollymore Forest Park. It has been five years since the first recorded death due to the squirrel pox virus in Northern Ireland. The...