一笔9 475英镑的赠款将帮助联合王国志愿人员保护红松鼠,利用热成像和支线来对付侵入性灰色。 A £9,475 grant will help UK volunteers protect red squirrels by using thermal imaging and feeders to fight invasive greys.

Keswick Red Squirrel集团已收到9 475英镑的赠款,以帮助保护湖区濒危红松鼠。 The Keswick Red Squirrel Group has received a £9,475 grant to help protect endangered red squirrels in the Lake District. 这笔资金将购买热成像装置和10个大型金属支线,以改善对侵入性灰松鼠的检测和控制,这些松鼠比红松鼠相互竞争,传播致命病毒。 The funds will buy thermal imaging devices and ten large metal feeders to improve detection and control of invasive grey squirrels, which outcompete reds and spread a deadly virus. 这些工具将帮助志愿人员更有效地在茂密的林地工作,并降低疾病风险。 The tools will help volunteers work more efficiently in dense woodlands and reduce disease risk. Cumbria仍是英格兰红松鼠最后的据点之一, Cumbria remains one of the last strongholds for red squirrels in England, and the group’s 25 volunteers manage a 12,400-hectare area. 没有持续的努力,红松鼠可能从英格兰北部消失。 Without ongoing efforts, red squirrels could disappear from northern England.