looking out on here. where would the beavers live? the beavers are in an enclosure, that s just in this area here. they have seven acres of wet scrub to get their teeth into, and they are here to help us with reserve management. 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction for theirfur, meat and oil. this loss had a devastating impact on the land, and today ecologists are hoping their reintroduction can reverse this effect. and what was it like finally getting them here? to actually release them and see them swim into that pool, it was a bit goosebumpy. i bet! here we are, the beaver enclosure. i say to people, i am going into the bog on a daily basis. sadly, beavers don t have a great rep, but kim is hoping to change that. there is a lot of information out there about beavers, people don t understand that they are vegetarian, and so there is some conflict that they are going to eat all the fish from the rivers. as with anything that is new and change there is fear around that, but
that s just in this area here. they have seven acres of wet scrub to get their teeth into, and they are here to help us with reserve management. 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction for theirfur, meat and oil. this loss had a devastating impact on the land, and today ecologists are hoping their reintroduction can reverse this effect. and what was it like finally getting them here? to actually release them and see them swim into that pool, it was a bit goosebumpy. i bet! here we are, the beaver enclosure. i say to people, i am going into the bog on a daily basis. sadly, beavers don t have a great rep, but kim is hoping to change that. there is a lot of information out there about beavers, people don t understand that they are vegetarian, and so there is some conflict that they are going to eat all the fish from the rivers. as with anything that is new and change there is fear around that, but we are just trying to educate people that this is what beavers