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Judi Lynn

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Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:12 AM Aug 2020

Beaver families win legal 'right to remain'

By Claire Marshall
Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent
6 August 2020

Fifteen families of beavers have been given the permanent "right to remain" on the River Otter in East Devon.

The decision was made by the government following a five-year study by the Devon Wildlife Trust into beavers' impact on the local environment.

The Trust called it "the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation".

It's the first time an extinct native mammal has been given government backing to be reintroduced in England.

Environment minister Rebecca Pow said that in the future they could be considered a "public good" and farmers and landowners would pay to have them on their land.

More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53658375







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After 400 years, beavers allowed back in the wild in England for good

Posted: Aug 06, 2020 03:32 PM (IST)


The first beavers to live naturally in the wild in England for over 400 years have been given the green light to stay after a five-year trial showed their dam-building activities were good for wildlife and people.

But in 2013 a family of beavers was found to be living on the River Otter in Devon, a rural county in southwest England.

It is not clear where the beavers came from and at first they were threatened with eviction.

Instead, they were allowed to stay for five years under a trial spearheaded by the Devon Wildlife Trust charity which studied their behaviour and impact on the environment.

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The five-year trial found that other creatures such as fish, insects, birds and water voles had benefitted from the presence of the beavers, who enhance wetland habitats. Their dams had also reduced the risk of flooding to some human homes.

More:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/after-400-years-beavers-allowed-back-in-the-wild-in-england-for-good-122913



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Beaver families win legal 'right to remain' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2020 OP
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There still may be a chance for hoomans to live in harmony with nature. If we had figured this abqtommy Aug 2020 #3
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abqtommy

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3. There still may be a chance for hoomans to live in harmony with nature. If we had figured this
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:24 AM
Aug 2020

out long ago then we might have avoided this current nasty virus, I think...

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