A plan to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel could soon be put to the test in field trials, government scientists in the UK have said.
The mass birth control plan involves luring grey squirrels into feeding boxes only they can access, using pots containing hazelnut spread spiked with contraceptives.
The project could reduce the damage grey squirrels do to woodland ecosystems and native red squirrel populations.
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