I do love wildlife but when it comes to the western squirrel, I see destruction. There must be 5 trillion in Vancouver alone, who wreak havoc on trying to have a home garden. They dig up everything you plant. They chew on your house, on your outside wires or find a way to nest in your attic. They have babies, up to nine young twice a year.
State wildlife officials are proposing to reclassify the western gray squirrel, currently listed as a threatened species in Washington, as an endangered species that is at risk of extinction. They need to take them off the threatened species list in Washington state, period.