Pembrokeshire couple intrigued to discover what was causing damage catches culprit on stealth camera
Creeping through the darkness, the midnight vandal fells yet another tree with “machete-like” skill.
The couple, who want to remain anonymous to protect the animal’s location, said: “Some of our trees began to go missing overnight and others were simply being mauled. It looked like someone was hitting them with a machete. Two weeks after first noticing the damage the couple left out a stealth camera. “To our astonishment, the camera showed a beaver swimming around our pond and eating our trees. We couldn’t believe it,” they said.The animal’s origins are unknown, but it was found living near a rural property in Pembrokeshire, where it had started to build itself a lodge under the family’s pond deck.
Beavers, which can grow to the size of a large spaniel, were once found throughout Britain but were hunted to extinction in the 16th century for their fur, meat and the oil in their scent glands.
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