How to have a happy beaver
source: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/viva-la-beaver-britains-population-is-beginn...
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No, not that kind of beaver. The animal kind, you dirty beast. Though I do acknowledge that *all* beavers deserve to be happy.
The Independent reports that Britain's beaver population is beginning to thrive again, thanks to conservationists.
The European beaver was hunted almost to extinction in the UK in the 16th century, killed both for its fur and for castoreum, a secretion from the beavers' scent gland which was used in some medicines. (Ick)
But sixteen other European countries started reintroducing beavers to the wild as long as 80 years ago and there is a thriving population living along the Elbe, the Rhône, and also in parts of Scandinavia.
And now, the charity Trees for Life is to reintroduce European beavers to Knapdale, Mid Argyll in Scotland. Hooray!
Have you ever seen a beaver in the wild? Would you like to?
The Independent reports that Britain's beaver population is beginning to thrive again, thanks to conservationists.
The European beaver was hunted almost to extinction in the UK in the 16th century, killed both for its fur and for castoreum, a secretion from the beavers' scent gland which was used in some medicines. (Ick)
But sixteen other European countries started reintroducing beavers to the wild as long as 80 years ago and there is a thriving population living along the Elbe, the Rhône, and also in parts of Scandinavia.
And now, the charity Trees for Life is to reintroduce European beavers to Knapdale, Mid Argyll in Scotland. Hooray!
Have you ever seen a beaver in the wild? Would you like to?
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