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Squirrel

In this call a woman has dialled 999 to report that a grey squirrel has no hazelnut trees. A transcript of the call has been provided below.


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Police: "Police emergency"


Caller: "Hi. I'm next to the M32, city centre... there's an M32 city centre sign. Can you inform Animal Rescue that there's a grey squirrel with no hazelnut trees please."


Police: "There's a grey squirrel with no hazelnut trees?"


Caller: "Yeah. Animal rescue – can you inform the...?"


Police: "And you're phoning on 999 for that are you?"


Caller: "Actually yeah, 'cause his life is in danger. It's rare... it's a grey squirrel. It's a rare... it's a rare species."


Police: "Grey squirrels are not rare, it's the red squirrels that are rare."


Caller: "Well actually I'm not trying to be funny but its half and half... grey squirrels are definitely the rare ones.... It might be a cross breed, oh my god, its even rarer."


Police: "Ok, thanks for your call."

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