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Wild beavers return to west London for first time in 400 years | CNN
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/uk/beavers-released-ealing-c2e/index.html
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Wild beavers have returned to London’s Ealing district after an absence of 400 years.
A family of five Eurasian beavers – a breeding pair and their three offspring – were transported from Scotland and released Wednesday at the Paradise Fields wetlands area, in Ealing, west London.
Sean McCormack, chair of Ealing Wildlife Group, one of many groups behind the beaver initiative, said: “Paradise Fields is a little oasis of nature adjoining a big retail park and adjoining urban Greenford.
The beavers should build a series of dams through the site and create wetlands … this acts as a giant sponge.”
Wild beavers were hunted into extinction in the UK over 400 years ago for their meat and fur pelts.
The Ealing site will be closed to the public for one month, to give the beavers time to settle, but by the end of the year the area will be fully open to visitors.
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