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Beaver pair released into wild 'are still together'

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Two beavers released into the wild have been caught on camera enjoying their new life as a pair. The beavers were part of Cornwall's first fully-licensed release organised by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT). CWT said: "Though released as pairs, there was no guarantee they would stay together, so this is a really exciting early sign." It added the footage showed the pair were "hard at work" building their first dam which was "another positive sign that they're settling into an area already". Natural England previously issued licences to release the animals at the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Exmoor, Somerset, and at a site in Cornwall chosen by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. The CWT released two pairs of beavers at a trust nature reserve in mid-Cornwall, within the Par and Fowey river catchment at the beginning of February. It said: "Our team were delighted to spot these two together on the camera traps.…

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