GREY SQUIRREL TEE, handprinted on Grey Marl

Grey squirrels- what's not to love?

These squirrels are from original designs and are individually handprinted in vegan-friendly ink.

Grey squirrels get a bad press, and, in my view, some of the language used about them is actually quite disturbing. Describing a species as "foreign", "alien" and "invasive" is to 'otherise' them, to view them as a threat, as unwanted, and superfluous, and is usually a precursor to doing something terrible to that species.

Blaming grey squirrels for the decline in the number of red squirrels is to ignore the elephant in the room..or, actually, the humans in the room; it is not that greys have launched and won a war against red squirrels, but that they have outcompeted them for resources, and being bolder and more adaptable, have proved better at living alongside humans.

Grey squirrels didn't ask to be introduced to the UK, and instead of trying to hark back to some mythical golden age of wildlife when everything was exactly as we think it should be, with only 'native' wildlife in the UK, and every other species 'controlled' and 'managed' to death (that would mean no brown hares, dormice, pheasants, Sika deer or muntjac, collared doves or even rabbits), we should learn to be more tolerant and learn to live gracefully alongside them as they are forced to do with us.

If you would like to show your solidarity with these amazing creatures, I am currently printing on grey Fruit of the Loom tees.
. This little squirrel design is about 8cm high and 7-8cm wide, while the design on the other squirrel t shirt I have listed is about the same height but about 12 cm wide, so slightly bigger.. I also have other squirrel items- hand printed wooden fridge magnets, and hand printed squirrel cards.

UK postage is included in the listing price- I hate it when I have put something inthe basket that seems well priced and then get absolutely hammered by
additional postage costs, so here the price listed is the price you pay! There is no Planet B so I will post your t shirt out in recycled packaging or a biodegradable posting bag.
All my designs are printed to order so please allow a few days for the magic to happen.

We are animal lovers and have spent many years involved in widlife rescue and so we will donate 10% of the profit from the sale of this item to wildlife rescue- either Hitchin Squirrel Rescue or Hedgehog Cabin rescue, to support their wonderful work.