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Wildlife

Alex O’Connell

I didn’t think I had much in common with Kemi, but therein lies a tail

I was nurtured on Miss Tittlemouse, so hats off to the Tory leader for not flinching when she was upstaged by a rodent

Sun 8 Feb 2026

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Fifty shades of drey: how a scheme to sterilise grey squirrels turned them pink

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