joe mcclaine said:
He drove it 3 miles in the pouring rain to the nearest wood and released it thinking he was doing the right thing.
If it was after 1981 and the squirrel was grey, he was commiting an offence under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act - I think it's £2500 fine and a 6 month stretch for introducing a non-native animal or plant to the countryside.... They have grey squirrel dispatch service here, you see one, call the number they lay a trap, you tell them when the trap is sprung and they take it away for disposal.