Squirrels turn nasty!
Squirrels in eastern Russia have apparently turned nasty and killed a dog in the centre of a park in a village called Lazo in eastern Russia. This has been attributed to a failure of the cone crops – see the full story posted on BBC News World Edition on 1st December 2005 at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm. Also see the links to other stories on BBC News, such as an Inn near Worcseter being forced to take a squirrel terrine starter off their menu by animal rights protesters, and plastic snakes being used to ward off squirrels in a public garden in Devon.