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‘Beaver-bombing’: unauthorised rodent releases on the rise in English rivers
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
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Beaver-bombs are the absolute opposite of WWII Dambusters.
Beaver bomb sounds like a sex toy
Where are people getting the beavers to do the unauthorised beaver releases?
Do they use rehabilitated ones? Or are the ones who were both in captivity (big fenced areas) being "accidentally" let out of the fence?
Do beaver-keepers secretly meet up in the night and exchange unregistered beaver babies to prevent inbred populations?
I was at a long-term beaver reintroduction site earlier this year. It is official, well managed and has been going for a couple of decades or more now. This topic came up and I got the impression that they had a pretty good idea who had released some unofficially at at least one other spot in the area.
Although well managed, the fences at this site - as any other - do get damaged from time to time and there are 'escapes'. But there are a good number of people who have been involved in the project over the years and a lot of them have very different views to the government on how releases should be handled. I think that some of the accidental 'escapes' had assistance - and transport.
It'll be a good test of the Labour government as they aren't as influenced by the farming lobby. It's reached the point that this needs a national plan and the benefits in flood amelioration will more than pay for the minimal cost of a body to survey beaver numbers and manage releases and rehoming.
The last thing we need are beavers gone wild.
Wild? My beaver's absolutely livid.
Growing up in IL once a Beaver moved into the creek nearby. It was great, but when he decided the neighborhood trees looked perfect for his dam the jerks decided to relocate him.