The beaver population in Scotland is expanding rapidly and is now on course to hit 10,000 by 2030, as efforts to help the animals spread more freely proved successful ChrisGreenNews reports
, so they could help manage the impacts of climate change – but they can also cause problems for farmers.
Martin Kennedy, president of the National Farmers Union in Scotland, said many of its members would be “alarmed” at the prediction beaver numbers could hit 10,000. “Beavers in the wrong areas are proven to cause significant and costly agricultural damage, so where mitigation and trapping measures fail, dam removal and lethal control must remain an option to prevent serious damage before it occurs.
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