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Water voles reintroduced into waterways in southern England

Dozens of water voles have been reintroduced into waterways in parts of southern England after being declared locally extinct over the last 20 years. Some 150 water voles were released last month at ...
NPR

Scientists document carnivorous squirrels in California who hunt voles

Squirrels are on the hunt in the California Bay Area. Their target: local voles. The local vole population boomed this year. It was five to six times bigger than normal, Smith says the squirrels took ...
Live Science

Killer squirrels have developed taste for flesh — and voles are running for their lives

Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, California. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Livermore residents battle vole infestation

LIVERMORE, Calif. - A Livermore community is grappling with an infestation of voles, small rodents related to hamsters and lemmings. In July, residents in nearby Pleasanton started dealing with voles ...
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Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California

A California ground squirrel in Contra Costa County runs with a vole it hunted in its mouth. A study from UC Davis and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the first to document widespread ...