Forget red squirrels, let's worry about really endangered species

SCOTLAND'S red squirrels are being threatened by the invading grey with its deadly pox. The Forestry Commission is establishing 20 red squirrel refuges. In the south of Scotland a corps of squirrel-protection officers, armed with traps and rifles, will wage war against the greys. Scottish Natural Heritage wants £1.7 million to cull them.

Last month, Roy Dennis, director of the Highland Foundation for Wildlife, proposed that the lynx, a wild cat that was hunted to extinction thousands of years ago, be re-established as soon as possible. They should be returned to Scotland because the...