England Let 8 Beavers Stay on a Dying River — 5 Years Later, the Results Were Wild

#Beavers #RewildingEngland #NatureDocumentary In 2014, the British government discovered that a small group of wild beavers had been secretly breeding on a river in Devon. No one knew where they came from. The government's first instinct was to remove them. Instead, a wildlife charity convinced them to let the beavers stay for a 5-year experiment. 8 animals were released back onto the river. What those beavers did to the water, the wildlife, and the landscape around them over the next 5 years stunned the scientists who were watching, and changed conservation policy in England permanently. Subscribe to the Channel here 👉:    / @dailydiscoveriesoff   Sources : River Otter Beaver Trial: Science and Evidence Report (2020) – University of Exeter & Devon Wildlife Trust River Otter Beaver Trial: Science and Evidence Report | Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) | University of Exeter Devon Wildlife Trust – River Otter Beaver Trial Official Page River Otter Beaver Trial | Devon Wildlife Trust Puttock et al. (2017) – Eurasian beaver activity increases water storage, attenuates flow and mitigates diffuse pollution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2... UK Government – Wild release and management of beavers in England (February 2025) Wild release and management of beavers in England Natural England – Beaver wild release: a milestone for nature recovery in England (February 2025) https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/20... Tony Juniper image license : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rebecca Pow Image Attribution: Chris McAndrew