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.

I suspect that as this was before the discovery of chilli, potatoes and the state of Kentucky, anything that wasn't a carp or tench that had spent its life swimming around eating the literal shit that was lobbed into rivers before wide scale water sanitation/sewage treatment was going to seem pretty tasty.

Had they survived the hungry monks and priests, maybe we'd all be eating KFB now.

Weren't they hunted to extinction because they were used to make hats? Don't know whee I heard that but they did used to make beaver skin hats.

Never heard of beavers being violent. BUT they are already having to cull them in Scotland because they won’t stick to the ‘rules’!
and the reason all those rich landowners want to introduce wolves to Scotland is so they can hunt them in the future. More exciting than killing deer (or beavers).
the people doing this are nuts. Much better ways to improve the environment.

@BigBoysDontCry "I think the OP is hysterical." I think s/he is too - in both senses of the word! 😂

I used to be a leader at Beavers at the local church hall. To be honest they just looked like children. Thinking about it they could be pretty vicious.

It isn't carefully balanced in the UK, we're one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet and declining.

To be fair to Mr Tumnus he only grassed on Lucy to the Witch. Edmund went full bore traitor which resulted in Aslans actual death.
Luckily Aslan got better and Edmund and Mr Tumnus were redeemed.
Also I would much prefer beavers in my garden to children. I'm pro wolf, lynx and bear, pole cat and all the rest of our predators. The main threat to beavers will probably turn out to be obesity as the local humans overfeed them. I know I would.

Are other adults normally known as women?

I just hope the two pairs released consist of a male and a female beaver, not a male and a self-identified female beaver ...

They did this with puffins.
Swines!

What happens if this is pincer movement and they bring in their mates the Otters to dominate our coastlines/estuaries and steal the fish?

OMG! Did they vote Leave? Do they not want European beavers coming over here and stealing their dams?!!!!

Thank you all, for a most entertaining thread! Apart from the serious side of beaver introduction, (of which I heartily approve) there has been amazing humour and puns. Bring on the beavers!

The world needs more beavers 🦫 🦫 🦫

Well, this is terrifying. I dont think anyone should be joking about the violence of beavers.

There's nothing more horrifying than a hostile takeover by beavers. There won't be an area near a river that's safe. It doesn't take long untill the castorinus
protection rackets start. The drug rings and child abductions.You mark my words.

We need a helpline and a channel 4 documentary.

If you live in a flood plain the beavers are the least of your worries.

we have beavers here. They were released ages ago. It’s fine.

This is scandalous.
Two Scottish beavers were released yesterday in Dorset, and now ten of them have just opened a chippy down the road and are deep frying mars bars.

Not only are they going to randomly assault children, but its been less than 24 hours and theyre already contributing to the obesity epidemic.

Meh, beavers are competent dam builders and they do the work for free. 😉

Europe has bears, wolves and lynx and the UK can't live alongside the ferocious beaver?

I highly recommend a book I read recently called Beaverland, How One Weird Rodent Made America, by Leila Philip, which is about the rereleasing of beavers into the wild in North America. They have greatly improved wetland areas where they were released. They were hunted almost to extinction in the US (and in the UK) largely for the financial benefits of hunting them. I haven't RTFT so sorry if this says stuff that has already been said.

NOBODY PANIC!!

Defence Beavers- these are the Good Guys, deffo on our side.

I think if OP sat down with a group of beavers, s/he'd get more sense out of them than they'd get out of OP! 😂

And cranes...have you seen the bills on them?

Just seen one driving past, pretty sure it hasn't got a driving licence.

Just chainsaws.