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In the late 1800s they were introduced because they were needed to kill the red squirrels - this is what my Biology teacher taught me when I was 6... I don't really believe it! In the late 1800s they were introduced because they were needed to kill the red squirrels - this is what my biology teacher taught me when I was 6... I don't really believe it!

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