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Beaver reintroduction in the UK Beaver reintroduction in the UK We re working with other organisations to see Eurasian beavers re-established across their former range in Britain. We endorse their reintroduction through well planned and licensed releases. The return of the beaver
The Eurasian beaver is native to Britain and used to be widespread in England, Wales and Scotland, but was never known from Ireland.
They became extinct in the 16th century, mainly because of hunting for their fur, meat and castoreum , a secretion used in perfumes, food and medicine.
The RSPB support the re-establishment of beavers where they used to live in Britain. The beaver is known as a keystone species because of its significant positive influence on its environment. We endorse their reintroduction through well-planned and licensed releases. We do not endorse the unlicensed translocation of beavers. We’re current
Two beavers will be released at a 29-acre site surrounded by housing estates in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, as part of a project to reintroduce the animals across the UK.
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 boggy places they were key to creating.