r/environment • u/dipperdog • 19d ago

Beavers to make ‘cautious’ return to England with legal protection

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/25/beavers-to-make-cautious-return-to-england-with-legal-protection
121 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

18

u/crawshad 19d ago

I like how the title implies that they were on holiday to escape the questionable shitshow that was occurring in their hometown for a concerning number of weeks, and it wasn't good for the kids to be exposed to such behaviour

Edit: Sorry yes, very serious. Beavers and such.

5

u/hugglenugget 19d ago

At least they have good lawyers now. It's hard to find a good rodent lawyer.

2

u/dipperdog 19d ago

Hahaha, yes, a 500 year holiday, but to be fair, they chose a good time for it. As you say, it was a shitshow of a 500 year period.

5

u/altaccountsixyaboi 19d ago

The title makes it sound like they're the English version of Edward Snowden.

4

u/velvethead 19d ago

I’ve always been cautious with English beavers

2

u/Living-Complex-1368 19d ago

Personally I have seen some lovely English Beavers.

2

u/Corvid-Moon 19d ago

All animals need protection under the law.

1

u/VerdureNotMurdure 19d ago

Your trees are going to need protection soon.

Source: Canadian who lives near a River where the city has had to install cages around the bottom of trees because those buck-toothed bastards are relentless.

1

u/ParuTree 19d ago

Isn't this a bad thing? It's my understanding that beavers can be almost as destructive to the environments they live in as humans. Like.... their dams can reroute rivers that might have once sustained an entire valley away to make it shrivel and die.

9

u/Zankou55 19d ago

Its actually the opposite. Beaver dams create wetlands that create new habitats for other animals.

2

u/ParuTree 19d ago

Interesting. Thank you for the edification.

1

u/px7j9jlLJ1 19d ago

They just came back to Michigan, USA. My favorite part is when they swim up to someone’s fancy tree, bite enough out to kill it, then just swim away.