To want to understand why they are re-releasing Beavers?

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https://beavertrust.org/historic-first-official-wild-beaver-release-in-england/#:~:text=News%20%26%20blogs-,Historic%20first%20official%20wild%20beaver%20release%20marks,for%20nature's%20recovery%20in%20England&text=In%20a%20landmark%20event%20for,the%20wild%20in%20Purbeck%2C%20Dorset.

beavers being rereleased in the uk - why? They are territorial animals and don’t really have a place in our carefully balanced ecosystem.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_attack

what are they thinking? It seems inappropriate given that they can be violent. Kids already have a lot to fear playing outside and some loony environmentalist plan just puts kids in even more danger when playing outside. Which by the way the government doesn’t seem to want any more!

I don’t think beavers could be described as violent, like any animal they will react if they feel threatened but I don’t let my children play in rivers or ponds at dawn or dusk when beavers are active so think they will be ok. Beavers are native to the UK and were once part of our “carefully balanced ecosystem”.

You’re the buffalo poster aren’t you?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/beavers-released-england-rivers-what-you-need-to-know

there is a lot of propaganda about why beavers are being released and the alleged positive impact on nature. However one thing that’s really clear is this love of building dams could result in water being rerouted across flood plains and destroy homes.

only two beavers I know but two beavers turn into 10 beavers and 10 beavers turn into 50 beavers etc in no time at all as they are large rodents they have large litters and very quickly spread in area. If you live on a floodplain then there’s real reason for concern

The eco system is carefully balanced now I mean and adding in beavers could effect the balance as we know it at the moment

No I have never posted about buffalo

I think beavers will reduce flooding in my area & our specific flooding issues - we need water to be held upstream in the headlands for longer, the way in which beavers create wetlands will make a big difference I believe.

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It's beavers, not tigers.

Beavers are not proven to create wetland where you want it. Beavers might decide to make the site of your home into their wetland and you could wake up day after day and beavers have rerouted water over your property and garden. And when you try and stop it coming from one way then you might get that dam and bust it but the next morning another set of beavers might create a wetland from another direction.

That was my exact thought...!

Beavers were a natural part of our ecosystem until humans wiped them out a couple of hundred years ago. Beaver dams can reduce flooding risk by trapping and slowing down water.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five-years-of-beaver-activity-reduces-impact-of-flooding

They are beavers, not lions.

Though I hope they are ferocious as you fear op, hopefully they can keep the XL bully population in check.

If your kids are out harassing beavers then then they deserve to have their legs gnawed off and used to make dams.

I so recognise this poster's style 🤔

You can’t guess what the beavers intentions are. The beavers might not create dams like you would like them to create and might create dams specifically to retake land that isn’t theirs anymore.

This is the part of the problem specifically the fact that the beavers were allegedly run out of this country and hunted to extinction. There is a reason our ancestors decided to remove them from the eco system and it is probably a good idea not to cause the same problem once again.

Have you asked them what their intentions are?
Good beaver? Naughty beaver?

😂 I love a thread with potential.

Water, water, water......
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The ecosystem is trashed now, not carefully balanced at all, it's really empty. We are one of the most nature depleted countries in Europe, fact. Beavers are supposed to be here. They can help with flooding, by slowing down water flows. The wet habitats they create will be great for other species too. Contact with nature is good for mental health and good for kids. There is a lot of evidence around all these subjects.

That’s why they will be monitored and managed so dams can removed if they are causing problems. This is something that is already effectively managed in other places in the world that have beavers.

The article said that the are important for the ecosystem. Perhaps you should share your concerns with the beaver people.

Beavers' intentions are notoriously hard to judge.

Apparently there are already wild beavers in Dorset that are colonising new areas.

Vote Beaver! And dam the consequences?