http://www.ambaile.org.uk/ en Copyright Am Baile Sun, 05 February 2012 00:03:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Am Baile - Precedent Communications info@ambaile.org.uk info@ambaile.org.uk http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/images/graphic_link.gif http://www.ambaile.org.uk/ http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_page.jsp?item_id=16418 http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_page.jsp?item_id=16418 <img src="http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/component/thumb?id=16418" alt="Ross-shire Squirrel Club Statement, 1905, page 2" />Annual statement of the Ross-shire Squirrel Club for the year ending 31 December 1905. The club had 45 members who owned 46,985 acres of woods and paid subscriptions totalling £51 14s 3d. There were 3431 squirrels killed on these estates for which bonuses of £56 18s 4d were paid. The Ross-shire club was a forerunner of the Highland Squirrel Club. In 1844, Lady Lovat persuaded the government to reintroduce red squirrels in the Highlands. Howver, their numbers multiplied rapidly, as did their outward migration. In response to the damage caused to woodlands, a Highland Squirrel Club was formed with the purpose of hunting, trapping, and killing the squirrels. Financial incentives were provided for those who sent in squirrel tails. Ironically, it was the Lovat Estate which exterminated the highest numbers]]> <img src="http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/component/thumb?id=16418" alt="Ross-shire Squirrel Club Statement, 1905, page 2" />Annual statement of the Ross-shire Squirrel Club for the year ending 31 December 1905. The club had 45 members who owned 46,985 acres of woods and paid subscriptions totalling £51 14s 3d. There were 3431 squirrels killed on these estates for which bonuses of £56 18s 4d were paid. The Ross-shire club was a forerunner of the Highland Squirrel Club. In 1844, Lady Lovat persuaded the government to reintroduce red squirrels in the Highlands. Howver, their numbers multiplied rapidly, as did their outward migration. In response to the damage caused to woodlands, a Highland Squirrel Club was formed with the purpose of hunting, trapping, and killing the squirrels. Financial incentives were provided for those who sent in squirrel tails. Ironically, it was the Lovat Estate which exterminated the highest numbers Ross-shire Squirrel Club Statement, 1905, page 2 2012-01-05T00:03:00-00:00