Derek Mooney

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Mooney Goes Wild · Should We Cull Invasive Alien Grey Squirrels To Save Our Native Reds? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

So in an urban environment, you're limited.

So they had spread out to the countryside and there would have been some shooting in the countryside.

But once you're within an urban environment where they're populated with a lot of people, shooting is out of the question.

So the squirrels were trapped and they would then be dispatched swiftly and humanely.

Can I ask how?

Yeah.

Yeah, so the method would be cranial concussion.

So it's extremely quick and the most humane way to dispatch a squirrel in a trap.

Exactly.

Well, it's actually the quickest, the swiftest and most humane way to do it.

It's the least stressful for the grey squirrel.

I think the very least stressful way is shooting when an animal is at large because they don't feel stressed or know that anything is going to happen to them.

You don't have that option in an urban environment.

You do, yeah.

It would be professionals that would be doing it.

Yes.

So there may be one straggler currently that the team were aware of in Aberdeen City.

So they have the detection dogs in now, which is kind of the last stage as well.

So adding that additional method to see if there are any signs of grey squirrels in the city.

But they've removed more than 10,000.

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