So the Beaver Believers film crew went out live trapping with Sherri Tippie two nights ago and were rewarded with a mom, dad, and two kits for their efforts. Not to mention some excellent footage and very fine conversation, I bet.
- “Waist deep in a stinky, skanky pond in urban Aurora, Colorado, filming a live trapping effort to relocate a beaver family to a happier home in Glacier National Park.”
What an exciting couple of days will be! – culminating in a release! If Sherri doesn’t inspire every one of you, you’d better visit the cardiologist very soon and check if your hearts aren’t made of stone. When I heard her speak I sat in the audience the whole time weeping, I was so happy. Not that I got to see her, not that I was invited to the same conference as her – but just that she existed. I can’t help thinking that coming to Martinez after all that excitement might be a bit of a let-down….but come anyway.
Which reminds me…with apologies to Mother Theresa…
If you are kind to beavers, people in your city might get mad at you; Be kind anyway. If you are successful at saving beavers, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest about beavers and frank about solving problems, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What beavers spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Let them build anyway. If you are happy with your website and celebrate in festival, people may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good for beavers you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have for beavers, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you beavers; It was never between you and them anyway.
