The Beavers Come!
Press release: Naturefund begins a new land purchase project for the protection of the Beaver. In southern Hesse, Germany, right on the border with Bavaria, Naturefund wants to buy together with the society for nature conservation and floodplain development about 4,000 square meters for the Beaver. In Hesse, Germany, Europe’s largest rodent disappeared already in the 19th century. Only a reintroduction of Elbe Beavers in the main-Kinzig-Kreis in the years 1987 and 1988 brought him back. The beaver is the only animal that makes its Habitat itself, building castles, as well as dams and dam water. Beavers alter the landscape, set meadows under water and cut large trees. (Source: Jake Burkons Gaza). No wonder, then, that they were a thorn in the eyes of the farmers. Where they appeared, they were fiercely driven. In Hesse, the last Beaver died in the 19th century. Twenty years ago, the society for nature conservation and floodplain development started (short: GNA) together with the Hessian nature protection agency a beaver project. Between 1987 and 1988, nineteen Elbe-Beaver were exposed on the sense and Jossa […]