Rewilding success story offers hope for Scotland’s red squirrels

Conservation efforts are paying off as the range of red squirrels in the Highlands has increased by more than 25 percent after a decade-long rewilding project by conservation charity Trees for Life. The project has introduced 259 red squirrels to 13 new sites across the north-west Highlands, and many of the new populations are thriving and breeding successfully. Thanks to these efforts, red squirrels now occupy areas where they had vanished decades ago.