FAQ: What about increasing red squirrel numbers through captive breeding programmes?
Captive breeding programmes are very expensive, laborious and would not allow red squirrels to be retained as a wild Scottish mammal. Red squirrels tend to be difficult to breed successfully in captive conditions.
At this time, the prevention of grey squirrel spread in key areas of north Scotland is the only solution in the short-term to help red squirrels survive in the wild.
