[Lorrie]

Reading about squirrels on wikipedia. This bit has me worried about you lot:

For most of the history of the United Kingdom, squirrel has been a meat not commonly eaten, and even scorned by many.[20]

But in the early 21st century, wild squirrel has become a more popular meat to cook with,[21] showing up in restaurants and shops more often in Britain as a fashionable alternative meat.[20] Specifically, U.K. citizens are cooking with the invasive gray squirrel, which is being praised for its low fat content and the fact that it comes from free range sources.[21] Additionally, the novelty of a meat considered unusual or special has added to the spread of squirrel consumption.[20] Due to the difficulty of a clean kill and other factors, the majority of squirrel eaten in the U.K. is acquired from professional hunters, trappers, and gamekeepers.[20]

Some British are eating the gray squirrel as a direct attempt to help the native red squirrel, which has been dwindling since the introduction of the gray squirrel in the 19th century.[20] This factor was marketed by a national "Save Our Squirrels" campaign that used the slogan, “Save a red, eat a gray!”