Honestly, sometimes you wake up and read the beaver headlines and it’s tough to decide which one is the worst, Is it better to be ignorant and misinformed or just WRONG. I think misinformed is better. Because we can hope someday things will get better. I doubt very much there’s any hope at all for the Grey Lady when it comes to beavers. Ian Austen’s article is no exception.

Beaver Dams Mean No Love Lost for Canada’s Emblematic Animal

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, Ontario — The beaver may be one of Canada’s official national symbols, as iconic as the maple leaf, but Canadians have a love-hate relationship with the creature, with the emphasis for many more on the second emotion. (more…)