Honestly today is just a ganglion of bad news for beavers. Starting with more money to kill them from the state government of North Carolina.

Flood, fire aid okayed in session

The state senate and house this week approved a 200 million dollar relief package to aid recovery from flooding caused by hurricane Matthew in eastern North Carolina and recent wildlfires in the mountains.

It facilitates the removal of beaver dams to help prevent future flooding problems.

Millions of dollars to help fire victims and repair flood damage. Even though beaver dams reduce BOTH for free. They were going to call this bill the “Too stupid to live relief package, but that name was already taken.

How about this nice story saying beavers were responsible for the upsetting explosions residents heard in Louisiana?

Authorities: Blame the beavers and Barksdale for the blasts

Reports of what sounded like explosions poured into the KSLA News 12 newsroom and Bossier and Webster law enforcement agencies this afternoon. KSLA News 12 viewers said the window-shaking booms came around 2:30 p.m. or so.

No, authorities tell us, it wasn’t another blast at Camp Minden at Doyline. Barksdale Air Force Base said it’s blowing up beaver dams on its East Reservation.

Yes, because when our young people join the air force to serve their country what they REALLY can’t wait to do is blow up some beaver dams. You realize that this means we paid for this. I paid for this. With my hard-earned tax dollars.

Grr.

But I think this story bothers me the most. Rocky, the hand raised orphan from Wildheart Ranch is going to live at the aquarium in Jenks ecodisplay today.

Rescued beaver is heading to Jenks

You’ll be able to see him. We told you back in September about a baby beaver named Rocky, getting rescued from Grand Lake.  A staffer with Wild Heart Ranch says Rocky was found beneath a boat dock, where it’s believed he was floating and crying for at least three days.

Since that time, staffers at the Wild Heart Ranch have nursed him back to health.  They say he’s lucky to be alive. Today, he will be headed to his new home at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks.  Staffers say he has bonded with the entire staff and was acting a bit suspicious on his last day at the facility.

“He was hiding under his shirt and wouldn’t come out,” a staffer said.  “It’s almost like he knew

The aquarium beaver exhibit only has one occupant at this time, so they’re welcoming the cute little fur ball with open arms.

Hey, how insane do you think that lone beaver is by now? Beavers are inherently social animals. So I’m guessing pretty insane. Let’s hope they get along and Rocky isn’t competition for the beaver voices in his head. Honestly, you’d think someone wouldn’t even START an aquarium display for beavers unless they had more than one.

As you can imagine. It looks like a classy place. Good luck, Rocky.