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A record number of beavers will be released into sites in England and Wales by wildlife trusts this year – 20 years after the semi-aquatic mammal first made a comeback. Around 20 beavers will be reintroduced to five more counties in 2021, with the first of the releases taking place this week in Dorset when a male and female were let into an enclosed wetland, the Wildlife Trusts coalition of groups said. Beavers were once native to Britain but were hunted to extinction in the 16th century for their fur, meat and scent glands, leading to the loss of the wetland habitat of lakes, mires and bog...

Beavers are returning to areas like Derbyshire after being hunted to extinction in the 16th Century.

Beavers have been reintroduced to Dorset for the first time in 400 years, a wildlife trust has revealed. A pair of adult male and female beavers were introduced into an enclosure in the west of Dorset on Monday. The pair will live in a large area of freshwater habitat not accessible to the public which can be continually monitored by wildlife experts.  Rivers conservation officer Steve Oliver said welcoming beavers back to the county was 'fantastic'. He said besides being 'magnificent creatures in their own right' they were 'extra special because their engineering activities have the potenti...

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