Red squirrel vaccine petition to be considered for Senedd debate

Mark Mansfield A petition calling on the Welsh Government to back the development of a vaccine to protect red squirrels from the deadly squirrelpox virus has passed the threshold for consideration by the Senedd’s Petitions Committee. The petition, created by conservationist Craig Shuttleworth, attracted more than 10,000 signatures after gaining more than 5,000 supporters in…