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.

Op posted a while back supposedly alarmed by some bison in a rewilding project unexpectedly producing a calf. I posted a link somewhere upthread.

Like a normal troll but with horns.

YABU to assume you know more about Beavers than the many people involved in rewilding.

we should be doing more to support our animal friends. I think it’s a bit entitled to decide no one can benefit from beavers because you’ve made up a potential risk to your children. I can say this as someone who has seen beavers and survived….

i even survived when my dog upset a squirrel and it tried to chase my dog. But I don’t want to upset you with another ‘dangerous’ animal!

Ooo get yourself an agent sausage, you’re talonted 😆

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

Your OP doesn’t make sense.

You use the word ‘rereleased’ but then say they don’t have a place on our ecosystem.

Which one is it?

Why do you think our ecosystem is balanced?

If you’re genuinely confused then I would watch the documentary on reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone and what an incredible outcome it had.

They are also planning to reintroduce wolves back to the UK (if they haven’t already).

Edit: I believe it’s lynx they are reintroducing and hope to do wolves in the future but I don’t think that’s been confirmed yet.

I think it’s quite a lot to try and explain to you here but the documentary on Yellowstone is such a great example of why reintroducing species is so important.

Op, come back! I need to hear your thoughts on the Wild Boar that are currently roaming Dartmoor and have already begun attacking people. Leave nothing out.

If you lot have scared my favourite troll away I'll be mad!

Forgot the link!

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/second-attack-wild-boars-illegally-9992635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/second-attack-wild-boars-illegally-9992635.amp

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They're beavers, wild animals, they don't have 'intentions'. They're not asking for your daughter's hand.....

I think you are misunderstanding how river catchments work, the idea is the beavers are located in upland areas upstream of homes, and when it rains heavily their dams will slow the rate at which the water moves through the catchment, so you wont get such high peak flows in the river. The Beavers wont be in towns making dams.

Ooh yes, I forgot about them. They were hambushing innocent people on the road.

Love this thread. Gangs of angry beavers rampaging through suburbia attacking children 😂

They do great work in slowing the flow of watercourses and reducing flooding, and improving habitats.

Not sure what background you have in ecology and river management but I think you need to do some more research on this, and not look on google.

You have form for speaking at length.....what do you think about reading a book instead?

Laugh at the OP all you want, Mumsnet, but we all know the government has agreed to this because beavers are the only ones who can curb the Albanian mafia. Can't imagine all the back-room dealing that's been going on.

Shit; it’s started!

Beavers dam existing rivers. Please go and read a book about river systems and how they work.

You can’t guess what the beavers intentions are.

Seriously?

Maybe Beavers are upset that the Scouting movement calls a crowd of noisy, messy germfests called children their species? They want revenge!

Also, IMO beavers are cute and very welcome 🥰

I'd recommend not building your house on a river, and not sending your children out to annoy beavers.

Prior to this release, beavers have been managed on secret sites in the UK for quite a long time, teaching us how to manage them and what is/is not possible.

I doubt anyones releasing ferocious herds of beaver across your local Bovis Homes estate.

And I for one, welcome our Beaver Overlords, PRAISE BEAVER!

You won't have a pulse for long if you encounter a beaver.

I am actually crying laughing now. Happy to be proved wrong! Genius!

'Violent' 🤣
Am picturing a bunch of pissed beavers squaring up to some bouncers outside a Wetherspoons.

The ecosystem isn't balanced at all because we've pissed about with it and fucked it up.

Beavers are ecosystem engineers and get things back to the correct natural order and balance, which isn't the same as an engineered system filled with humans, houses, cars, roads etc.
As for flood plains, it isn't an issue if we don't build on them but we do because it's cheaper.

There just aren’t enough accent based jokes in the world. Especially midlands accent ones.