victoria gill reports. familiar characters that are becoming increasingly rare sights. while the uk is a natural home for dozens of mammals, including red squirrels, dormice and hedgehogs, many of those species are now in danger of disappearing. this first red list of threatened species put together by the conservation charity the mammal society has shown that a quarter of all of the uk s native mammals were under threat of extinction. so, what we ve done is a really comprehensive review of all the evidence we have available on things like how big the populations are or how isolated those populations are. we ve drawn all that together and it s come up with this list of 11 of our 47 native species being classified as threatened imminently. and what this is clearly saying
many of those species are now in danger of disappearing. this first red list of threatened species put together by the conservation charity the mammal society has shown that a quarter of all of the uk s native mammals were under threat of extinction. so, what we ve done is a really comprehensive review of all the evidence we have available on things like how big the populations are or how isolated those populations are. we ve drawn all that together and it s come up with this list of 11 of our 47 native species being classified as threatened imminently. and what this is clearly saying is we need to be acting right now. we don t, we can t carry on with the current trajectory. different animals face different threats. the now critically endangered scottish wildcat population has not recovered from decades of persecution. for the red squirrel, disease and competition from the introduced grey squirrels
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society has shown a quarter of all of the uk s native mammals were under threat of extinction. so, what we ve done is a really competitive review of all the evidence we have available on things like how the populations are and how isolated those populations are comprehensive review. we ve come up with this list of 11 of our d7 native species being classified as threatened. native species being classified as threatened. 1147. native species being classified as threatened. 1147. an for them we have to act right now, we cannot carry on the current trajectory. the scottish wildcat population has not recovered on decades of persecution. for the red squeal, disease and competition from introduced grace grills have driven decline. something conservation scientists agree on is we need to be more wild space for the species to recover.
on with the current trajectory. different animals face different threats. the now critically endangered scottish wildcat population has not recovered from decades of persecution. for the red squirrel, disease and competition from the introduced grey squirrels has driven its decline. but something conservation scientists agree on is that we need to leave more wild space for these species to recover. there are pockets of good habitat, like this red squirrel reserve in formby, but that s exactly what this is this is an isolated pocket of good natural habitat for red squirrels. and what conservationists say we need is for that to be a connected network of wild space across the landscape. here s my little foxy loxy. during lockdown, many people shared