On the River Otter: successful rewilding of the beaver

Six years ago, beavers were spotted in the wild for the first time in hundreds of years – and it was in East Devon:

Futures Forum: On the River Otter: First ever video of a wild beaver in England

Although a correspondent had pointed out that this was in fact the second viewing:

Futures Forum: On the River Otter: First ever video of a wild beaver in England… but two and a half years ago…

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Since then, there has been a huge effort to convince the authorities that the beavers should stay:

Futures Forum: On the River Otter: beavers and rewilding Devon … and “trying to repair the monstrous damage we have inflicted on nature in Britain”

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And now a five-year programme to do just that has come to an end – as reported across the media these last days:

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At the centre of these efforts has been the Devon Wildlife Trust:

https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial

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And so successful has this project been that there are now further plans to reintroduce the beaver elsewhere in England: