Newsnight. Cooking a and eating a squirrel

Not sure what to think.

A guest just butchered a squirrel and cooked it. The presenter picked it up with his hands and ate a bit of it.

Looked quite tasty to be honest.

Only same as woodpigeon. If there is a glut of them, and they cause damage, and they are edible...stands to reason to harvest them.

World of difference to shooting lions, persecuting raptors, hare coursing or chasing foxes.

We went to a pub in Durham that served squirrel. Up there is the boundary between red and grey so the greys are culled. If you are going to cull something then it would be a waste not to eat it.

People shooting and killing greys in, say, Birmingham is different because there is no environmental reason to cull the greys