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Six Beavers Released in England in Effort To Restore Long-Extinct Species

 

October 28, 2005 — By Associated Press

LONDON — Six beavers from Bavaria were released in western England on Thursday

in a second attempt to restore a species that has been extinct in the country

since the 12th century.

 

An earlier effort in 2001 flopped because the beavers failed to breed.

 

The new batch of beavers was released into a 15-hectare (37-acre) enclosure at

the Cotswold Water Park.

 

" I hope I live to see the day that beavers are freely roaming across the

countryside once again, " said Simon Pickering of the Cotswold Water Park

Society.

 

Hunters wiped out the beaver population in England in the 12th century, but the

animals survived into the 16th century in Scotland.

 

Pickering said he did not expect to see much construction activity in the beaver

enclosure.

 

" They are essentially very lazy animals and will spend much of their time lying

about sleeping and eating, " he told reporters.

 

" The European beaver is much more gentle than the Canadian beaver, and causing

damage will not be an issue with them. Unlike their Canadian cousins, they don't

tend to build as many dams. "

 

Source: Associated Press

 

 

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other

sets of people are human: Aldous Huxley

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