Thread: European Beaver
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:46 AM
m1.carson m1.carson is offline
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Re: European Beaver

Hi,

I think the re-introduction of any species should be a no-no, don't we have enough problems with escapee species as it is.

If they're going to release wolves in scotland,[that's just about far enough away for me, I'm little red riding hood], what about releasing bears as well, might as well go the whole hog.

It would seem, this is down to me, that almost every re-introduction has had large drawbacks, generally of the hidden sort.

Back on the Beavers, I think the tweedy fishermen are right to protest, a damned river soon turns into a silt filled canal, we have that type of problem here, where the local council haven't cleared the rubbish etc from a brook allowing it to flow, from being a gravel bottomed brook it's turned into a reed filled mess.

Max.
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