G'day JennieG,

I can remember when we had feral squirrels (fairly small ... grey/brown stripes ... ?) running round the grounds of Sydney's Taronga Zoo. I'm thinking of the '60s ... and probably the early '70s. Presumably the trickly little b*****ds escaped from the Zoo's display.

I don't know if any of them went over the wall (... Taronga is supposedly a "Quarantine Area" ... but tell that to a squirrel!) so there may be / have been a feral population around Mosman. I think I remember reading that the Zoo had exterminated their feral population as part of disease control protocols ... and trying to maintain Quarantine status ... and I certainly haven't seen any running loose at Taronga for deecades.

Regards,

Bob