They’ve just brought beavers to a local nature reserve near me here in Northamptonshire. It’s just so cool! They’ve also been taking such a cautious approach as Beavers are just so disruptive to the environment.
Given how well the beavers in Czechia did, I’m fully willing to let them handle all our infrastructure projects.
They will get HS2 done in a week.
Wet beavers looking for wood, dam that would be a belter of a name for a dodgy film.
The notion of reintroducing extinct species back in the wild is ludicrous. You can’t preserve a natural system, it’s constantly evolving. It’s no different to introducing an invasive species at this point.
Already got them in Frome, I haven’t seen them in person but I have seen the dams and even a classic cartoon-style gnawed tree. Also, otters.
Well done Kirsty and Rex
Looks like beev’s back on the menu boys!
Firing the starting pistol after the runners are halfway round the course!
If you see a stray beaver, don’t pet it
They’ve already been in Ealing for a couple of years
Beaver heh heh.
Thought theyed done this already?
Love a wild beaver.
Bobr kurwa
Kirsty and Rex have entered the chat…
[me, from Oregon, the “beaver state”]: My time has come 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫
Dam!
Oh but when I let my beaver out, people complain smh
Fun story from the 1990s/2000s.
A Belgian dude wanted to reintroduce them to Belgium, as they’d been hunted to extinction long ago. He got hold of some Beavers from Germany (I think) and released them in Belgium.
Local authorities tried to prosecute him on several charges of crimes around nature/wildlife.
However he was not convicted because there was nothing in their laws that made it illegal to release native species, and given that beavers were native, but extinct, he got away with it because there was no legal precedent for what is classed as “native”. So in theory, if someone had reintroduced lions to Belgium at the time, they may have got away with it because lions were native to Belgium at some point in human history.
So beavers are now allowed ? What next ?
There have been wild beavers on the River Stour in Canterbury for at least 2 years.
They tried this years ago in Netherlands. We are still hunting them because they are destroying our beautiful dykes. Good luck and god save the queen!
If only I were more successful in seeing a beaver in the wild 🙁
The UK is is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, this and more is needed
This makes me happy.
Wolves next please. If we had Wolves in Scotland highlands they could keep the deer population in order which would remove the need for the culls they have.
Of course there would need to be some compensation when they eat farm livestock.
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They’ve just brought beavers to a local nature reserve near me here in Northamptonshire. It’s just so cool! They’ve also been taking such a cautious approach as Beavers are just so disruptive to the environment.
Given how well the beavers in Czechia did, I’m fully willing to let them handle all our infrastructure projects.
They will get HS2 done in a week.
Wet beavers looking for wood, dam that would be a belter of a name for a dodgy film.
Nice beaver!
Etc..
Good. I haven’t seen a decent beaver in ages.
https://preview.redd.it/4xblgrq04vle1.jpeg?width=426&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf8c4cd146825753c6ad050f048b3825bd50aeb9
The notion of reintroducing extinct species back in the wild is ludicrous. You can’t preserve a natural system, it’s constantly evolving. It’s no different to introducing an invasive species at this point.
Already got them in Frome, I haven’t seen them in person but I have seen the dams and even a classic cartoon-style gnawed tree. Also, otters.
Well done Kirsty and Rex
Looks like beev’s back on the menu boys!
Firing the starting pistol after the runners are halfway round the course!
If you see a stray beaver, don’t pet it
They’ve already been in Ealing for a couple of years
Beaver heh heh.
Thought theyed done this already?
Love a wild beaver.
Bobr kurwa
Kirsty and Rex have entered the chat…
[me, from Oregon, the “beaver state”]: My time has come 🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫
Dam!
Oh but when I let my beaver out, people complain smh
Fun story from the 1990s/2000s.
A Belgian dude wanted to reintroduce them to Belgium, as they’d been hunted to extinction long ago. He got hold of some Beavers from Germany (I think) and released them in Belgium.
Local authorities tried to prosecute him on several charges of crimes around nature/wildlife.
However he was not convicted because there was nothing in their laws that made it illegal to release native species, and given that beavers were native, but extinct, he got away with it because there was no legal precedent for what is classed as “native”. So in theory, if someone had reintroduced lions to Belgium at the time, they may have got away with it because lions were native to Belgium at some point in human history.
So beavers are now allowed ? What next ?
There have been wild beavers on the River Stour in Canterbury for at least 2 years.
They tried this years ago in Netherlands. We are still hunting them because they are destroying our beautiful dykes. Good luck and god save the queen!
If only I were more successful in seeing a beaver in the wild 🙁
The UK is is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, this and more is needed
This makes me happy.
Wolves next please. If we had Wolves in Scotland highlands they could keep the deer population in order which would remove the need for the culls they have.
Of course there would need to be some compensation when they eat farm livestock.
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