The group says the native red population is only just hanging on and could soon disappear.

Conservatives says Peanut is a victim of government overreach, but officials say they acted on rabies concerns.

New York authorities say Peanut the Squirrel bit a person while it was being confiscated this week.

The groups protect red squirrels by trapping greys but say some are released and equipment damaged.

The nutty pair forced Great Western Railway's Reading to Gatwick service to terminate at Redhill.

The squirrel was spotted running along a fence in a garden in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.

Mr Tarrant says the rare albino squirrel emptied the bird feeder in his East Grinstead garden.

The seldom-seen creature, said to be a one-in-100,000 occurrence, wowed locals in Ystrad Mynach.