Squirrel poaching

Squirrel poaching includes any poaching of any squirrel.

Flying squirrels are native to Florida and popular as pets.{{cite web |last1=Maron |first1=Dana Fine |title=Exclusive: Inside Florida's alleged flying squirrel smuggling operation |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/florida-flying-squirrels-smuggled-abroad-exotic-pets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917043609/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/florida-flying-squirrels-smuggled-abroad-exotic-pets/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |website=National Geographic |language=en |date=15 September 2020}} There is an illegal wildlife trade in flying squirrels. In October 2020 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission disrupted a major flying squirrel poaching and smuggling operation.{{cite web |author1=Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |authorlink1=Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |title=FWC uncovers a transnational wildlife trafficking operation in Florida |url=https://myfwc.com/news/all-news/trafficking-case-1020/ |website=Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission |language=en |date=19 October 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |title=Florida officials say several people charged in flying squirrel trafficking operation |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/us/florida-flying-squirrel-trafficking-arrests-trnd/index.html |website=CNN |date=20 October 2020}}

The Caucasian squirrel is a victim of poaching in Greece.{{cite journal |last1=Matsinos |first1=Yiannis G. |last2=Papadopoulou |first2=Eleni |title=Investigating the Viability of Squirrel Populations; A Modeling Approach for the Island of Lesvos, Greece |journal=Natural Resource Modeling |date=28 June 2008 |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=423–444 |doi=10.1111/j.1939-7445.2004.tb00144.x|doi-access=free }}

Poaching disturbs the squirrel behavior of distributing seeds in tropical forests in Panama.{{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=S. Joseph |last2=Zeballos |first2=Horacio |last3=Domínguez |first3=Iván |last4=Gallardo |first4=Marina M. |last5=Moreno |first5=Marta C. |last6=Ibáñez |first6=Roberto |title=Poachers Alter Mammal Abundance, Seed Dispersal, and Seed Predation in a Neotropical Forest |journal=Conservation Biology |date=February 2000 |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=227–239 |doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98333.x|s2cid=55631134 }}

Poaching is among the disturbances faced by the Grizzled giant squirrel in the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in South India.{{cite journal |last1=Joshua |first1=Justus |last2=Johnsingh |first2=A.J.T. |title=Impact of biotic disturbances on the habitat and population of the endangered grizzled giant squirrel Ratufa macroura in south India |journal=Biological Conservation |date=1994 |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=29–34 |doi=10.1016/0006-3207(94)90543-6}}{{cite journal |last1=Vanitharani |first1=Juliet |title=Conservation Status and Guidelines for the Maintenance of Endangered Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura in Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary |journal=Indian Hotspots |date=2018 |pages=297–307 |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-6983-3_17|isbn=978-981-10-6982-6 }}

The Indian giant squirrel faces poaching in the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand, India.{{cite journal |last1=Mishra |first1=A. T. |last2=Kazmi |first2=S. E. H. |last3=Prakash |first3=Satya |title=Nesting and Feeding Behaviour of Indian Giant Squirrel ( Ratufa indica ) in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) |journal=Indian Forester |date=1 October 2011 |volume=137 |issue=10 |pages=1155–1159 |url=http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/12237 |issn=2321-094X}}