Iain Prentice

Its the absence of a natural predator to control their numbers that is the cause of the Greys being a pest rather than their origin. Reds were culled in the past because gamekeepers had killed off most of their natural predators. It's balance that is needed for the Grey, so love them or hate them we should still shoot them and eat them.

If the work has to be done with a chainsaw are the managers aware that you should not use a chainsaw above shoulder height? Pruning height will be somewhat limited. Unless a little platform is carried from tree to tree! Like the ones used in supermarkets to stack shelves.