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

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LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 14:40

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.

Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England - Beaver Trust

Going wild!  Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England In a landmark event for nature conservation, the National Trust has legally released the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers to live in the wild in...

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.

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AcquadiP · 07/03/2025 15:25

The Dambusters #2

nationalsausagefund · 07/03/2025 15:28

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 14:52

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.

I don’t need to guess the beavers’ intentions, I know them. They’re targeting you, specifically. It’s gnaw joke, OP. I’d be dam worried.

Purplebunnie · 07/03/2025 15:28

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 14:53

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.

They were hunted to extinction because silly women thought they looked better wearing their fur, also for castoreum (used in perfume making and medicines), and also for their meat

A quick Google would have told you this. I already knew but just did some fact checking

They have been extremely successful in Devon with reducing flooding - article on Countryfile last weekend.

PipMumsnet · 07/03/2025 15:29

Hello, we are going to let this thread run even if the OP has revealed their true identity as the dreaded Bison Troll.
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Catza · 07/03/2025 15:30

So let's see if I got it right. By "carefully balanced ecosystem" you mean human offspring and newbuilds? So any concerns about the actual ecosystem which includes, I dunno, native species?

TickingAlongNicely · 07/03/2025 15:31

What are your feelings on Squirrels OP?

FuzzyPuffling · 07/03/2025 15:31

My favourite beavers are Sigourney and Justin.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 07/03/2025 15:31

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 07/03/2025 14:56

As long as beavers don’t develop the ability to drive heavy machinery and set up a state within a state I think the risk of them annexing Surrey is pretty low.

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I'm in Surrey and the beavers couldn't be worse than the current council. Bring on the beaver coup!

mimbleandlittlemy · 07/03/2025 15:31

I think we shouldn’t be trying to solve problems once created we should be stopping them at the root cause. Is it possible that what’s happening here is the water is being rerouted for a very specific reason? And that there is more to the reintroduction of the beaver population than meets the eye? Like I said there was a reason these beavers were culled to begin with.

Beavers weren't "culled" @LemaLemons. They were hunted to extinction because:

a) they are really tasty and people like eating them.

b) they have really thick fur that kept people warm before central heating came along so people liked killing them to wear them.

c) the secretions of their anal glands were used in medicine and perfume so people liked killing them to make themselves smell better and feel better.

And as far as water rerouting is concerned, it's worth educating yourself on what happened when people straightened rivers. Rivers are not naturally straight. It was very fashionable to straighten rivers and then, suddenly, people realised that the water comes down a straightened river really, really fast and then, shock horror, it floods. So having watercourses "re-meandered", as it's known, is a really good flood prevention tool. You'll probably go off now and look to see what a meander is and whether it'll need culling or if it'll attack children. The answer is almost certainly.

pursuitOfSomething · 07/03/2025 15:33

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-dam-czech-republic

These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million

It's clearly a cost cutting excerise - we struggle with getting big infrastucture projects off the ground often due to planning so it's a cunning plan to outsource the work.

Google seem to suggets there eave been some beaver child incidents but the tops links say rabid beavers and ie tested positive for rabies - and UK is rabies free.

These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million

After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-dam-czech-republic

sidebirds · 07/03/2025 15:33

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 07/03/2025 14:51

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

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Ludicrous scheme. Start dredging rivers again & ban concreting over front gardens for parking - exclusively responsible for the recent flooding blamed on 'climate change'.

Monvelo · 07/03/2025 15:33

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 15:06

I think you’re involved in this whole thing and actually were part of the initial plan to put beavers back into the wild. And then they’ve sent you to identify anything that disagrees with your world view and to spread your propaganda to make people think it is correct that beavers are reintroduced.

Yes this is the whole reason I hang out on Mumsnet, I seek out beaver-haters and bring them round through my amazing powers of reason - and now fully validated! Mwah ha hahahaha

kittensinthekitchen · 07/03/2025 15:34

PipMumsnet · 07/03/2025 15:29

Hello, we are going to let this thread run even if the OP has revealed their true identity as the dreaded Bison Troll.
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And you wonder why he comes back time and time again 🙄

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 07/03/2025 15:34

Beavers are not subject to negotiation and cannot be sit down and spoken to.

And what about the beaver on child violence risks?

I didn't realise you were an expert on these creatures. I was going to add my thoughts, but clearly I will now be bowing down to your superior knowledge.

SilenceInside · 07/03/2025 15:34

I'd like to hear the OPs opinion on grey squirrels too, and rabbits whilst we're at it.

CrystalSingerFan · 07/03/2025 15:37

FuzzyPuffling · 07/03/2025 14:53

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

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"Nice beaver"?

Can't believe I'm the first to post this!

SquishyGloopyBum · 07/03/2025 15:37

I have a wild beaver. It doesn't bite though.

elephantknees · 07/03/2025 15:38

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 15:11

And what about the beaver on child violence risks?

Are you serious??? I think we need to be more careful about what violence might be inflicted on the beaver by people and children of people like you!

TwinklyOrca · 07/03/2025 15:39

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 14:48

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

If you believe our ecosystem is carefully balanced now, you lack the appropriate level of research and information on this subject.

ThreeFeetTall · 07/03/2025 15:40

My kids love making dams in streams so I think they'll get on fine Grin

CostcoBuns · 07/03/2025 15:40

🌊🪵🦫🤎

HippyChickMama · 07/03/2025 15:41

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

Is that you David Archer?

Velmy · 07/03/2025 15:41

LemaLemons · 07/03/2025 14:57

You cannot work with a force that can’t be controlled. Beavers are not subject to negotiation and cannot be sit down and spoken to. How do you propose we work with the beavers when they are just going to willy-nilly make dams wherever they see fit no matter the consequences??

😂😂😂

Oh I really needed this today!

LaPalmaLlama · 07/03/2025 15:42

I live and run near the release site and I admit I did google “do beavers bite?” 🤣. I’m excited about seeing them though.

Tiredofallthis101 · 07/03/2025 15:42

Right now I'm hoping the beavers knaw their way through somewhere that floods the building with Mumsnet's servers in, so the site goes down and I don't have to read any more nonsense like this. Jeez.