oh my gosh, squirrels attacking the philippines?

Hi.saw on tv, that there's. A squirrel in one of the village near me, and the concern is, homeowners wanted them out fearing it might endanger their kids. I am also wondering why there's a squirrel in the Philippines? As far as I'm concern they don't like tropical countries? Homeowners think those squirrels came from a petshop, multiplied, and some escape. How about you dear readers what do you think?is squirrels safe or not? We aren't used to it, being in a tropical country they shiuldnt be in here.