Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, ...

First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, ...

Smith and her colleagues observed the squirrels’ meat-eating behavior during a study period from June 10 to July 30. During that time, the scientists used live traps to capture, mark and release ...

California ground squirrels are also mostly "granivorous," although they have been known to eat bird eggs or the nestlings of local quail, pheasant, domestic chickens, and robins. There have been only ...

He added that the traps were humane and monitored regularly. Grey squirrels are dangerous to ... and they had no choice but to kill them once captured as it was the way to safeguard the red ...

It is not illegal to kill grey squirrels, which are originally from North America, and it is a criminal offence to release them from traps. It carries - but is not affected by - a pox, which ...