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Save the Red Squirrels - make a donation today!

One donation, twice the impact to save our red squirrels       The Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK's biggest online match funding campaign starts today! #GivingTuesday.   For one week only, from 12pm today until 12pm Tuesday 4th December, all donations given through the Big Give will be DOUBLED. This means your gift will make twice the difference towards saving our red squirrels.   DONATE NOW   »   Red squirrel numbers have been devastated over the past century and will continue to decline towards extinction unless urgent action is taken. We face the risk of this beautiful creature disappearing completely from our countryside and must act now to safeguard their future.   The red squirrel is our only native squirrel species, now vastly outnumbered by the invasive grey squirrel. It has been extinct in Kent since the 1960s and without immediate conservation the species is expected to be completely wiped out in Britain by 2030. Your support will make the difference as to whether or not future generations will be able to see this animal back in the wild.   ”How can we just do nothing while witnessing the disappearance of one of this country’s most endearing species?”  Chris Packham     DONATE NOW   »   Wildwood has been leading the return of red squirrels back to the UK with important and successful release programmes across Anglesey and mainland Wales. This success has formed a buffer population of red squirrels, regaining lost ground. We have been successfully breeding red squirrels in captivity for over 15 years and send up to 10 juveniles every year for release.   Watch the video to find out more about what happens after Wildwood's Red Squirrels are released into the wild.          To continue our efforts to rescue the red squirrel, we urgently need to expand our breeding facilities, renovate old enclosures and add more breeding pairs. It is also important that the squirrels receive an enriched diet, mimicking what they would feed on naturally in the wild. This will result in larger litters, and those being released having a head start as they are already adapted to the diet.   Your donation will help us to improve the captive breeding facilities here at the Wildwood Trust and to increase the amount of red squirrels we can release back into the wild.   DONATE NOW   »   Thank you for your support and if you have any questions relating to this appeal, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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