We are in a golden moment in time when all of a sudden all across the Northern Hemisphere folks have decided to save their beavers. I can’t imagine what’s caused it or how long it will last, but I’m going to bask fully in this bright sunshine as long as I can. Last night I got a frantic email from Atlanta Georgia with a man who was worried that the beavers who moved into the pond at his apartment complex would be hit by cars on the busy road beside them!
He said that he had seen one walk near traffic and wondered how he could help them. There are big stretches of the south where I couldn’t recommend a single beaver friend, but luckily he wasn’t too far away from The Blue Heron Nature Preserve so I introduced him to director Kevin McCauley. The wild part is, Kevin had JUST received a photo from a friend about a beaver in traffic.
Hopefully it’s the same one and they can figure this out.
Eek! Don’t you just love his little raised paw? Like an old italian grandpa shaking his fist at at kids driving too fast.
This morning there was a report from 841 miles away in London Ontario where a woman was upset to find beaver traps at her favorite park.
Worried someone’s dog could be injured or killed by the traps, Dupuis is questioning why the Ministry of Natural Resources is using the fatal devices to kill beavers in their natural habitat.
“It’s barbaric,” she said. “They’re not telling anybody about it.”“Twelve traps were set in the water, along the edge of the pond, well away from any trail or access point and marked with flags,” Kowalski said, adding the trapping is scheduled until the end of the month.
“You can put them in some place like a river and let them find their own territory. They don’t have to be killed,” said Salt, the founder of Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Centre in Mt. Brydges. “We don’t have an overpopulation of beavers in Southwestern Ontario.”
Located on the Thames River, the Komoka Provincial Park is known for its hiking trails, wildlife, diverse plant species and scenic views.
Just imagine what it will be like when everyone cares about the beavers near their home town. A girl can dream can’t she?
