Russia has gone nuts for pet squirrels , and the little critters are disappearing from parks in record numbers. Authorities blame poachers, who are selling the animals as domesticated pets.

City official Alexei Gorelov says he has received multiple reports of squirrel poaching in local parks. Gorelov, who heads the Ecological Control Department of eastern and northeastern parts of Moscow, said Wednesday that more police patrols would be dispatched to fend off the ...