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Cyril the Squirrel has set up home in offices in Woolwich, and a petition has been signed by over a thousand people for him to stay. The pest controllers were called after Cyril was allegedly 鈥榟iding nuts in pot plants鈥�.

Anthony Coyne works at Thinkerdoers - one of the offices that Cyril has been visiting. He said: 鈥淗e comes in and does tricks for us, and we set him little challenges to do like the nut testing. A few people have complained but personally I think they are scoundrels, how can they get rid of him?鈥�

Wild animals such as the grey squirrel are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. They can be caught and killed legally including live-catch cage traps, approved spring traps or a specific rodenticide poison that is only approved for use against grey squirrels by a local authority or professional operator.

After the campaign caught fire, Anthony is positive about the squirrel鈥檚 chances: 鈥淢y hopes for Cyril are good; I鈥檝e just seen him and he is completely oblivious to what鈥檚 going on. Hopefully, we will save him鈥�.

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive Monday 20 June 2016

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