Beavers now protected in Scotland

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

Just seen on Facebook that beavers are now granted protection in Scotland .

[delswal 3,817]

Always thought there were 

[j j m 6,480]

so did i

[Greyman 25,214]

Think a pregnant female was found shot dead a month or so back, don’t no if that’s the reason,

[micky 3,325]

Nice to see them about , I hope they thrive .

[Born Hunter 17,628]

There was talk of them being managed as a game species years ago. Not sure who by, probably just a suggestion by the GWCT or some such.

I shouldn't mind some beaver meat. (Que crude one liners....)

[shaaark 10,129]

2 hours ago, Born Hunter said:

There was talk of them being managed as a game species years ago. Not sure who by, probably just a suggestion by the GWCT or some such.

I shouldn't mind some beaver meat. (Que crude one liners....)

Scottish beaver can't be as tasty as welsh beaver

[PMul 145]

4 hours ago, micky said:

Nice to see them about , I hope they thrive .

Lol you guys will regret not killing everyone of them. 

[Greyman 25,214]

Many are being shot, I have heard of 4 that have been shot including the pregnant female a few weeks back, plus 3 from the original release several years back, dare say a few more have gone missing over the years, don’t think we have enough room on our little island to allow an animal that can flood hundreds of acres of land but like born I wouldn’t mind a taste of one , high fat content meant to be rather tasty  

[Greyman 25,214]

10 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Don’t know about eating one but I’d love to blow up one there lodges an dams like they do I’m Canada

Used to be a regular occurrence on duck dynasty until the old man said something racist and they were removed from tv  

 

[waltjnr 5,970]

Weird put up with peado pakis, come down hard on the beaver, priorities have certainly changed in 75 years, been invaded, over run, I'd go as far as say conquered,  by far worse than, than a buck toothed wood munching animal!  

[Greyman 25,214]

1 minute ago, Rusty_terrier said:

Ate a few beavers myself. Never thought about blowing up one tho.

Give it a go it will spit at you and blow a raspberry at the same time

[wilbur foxhound 480]

They were given protection at the start of may this year one was found shot in January not sure if they were protected because of that ,wf

[Greyman 25,214]

I,m not 100 percent sure about this, but I think you can’t give protected status to a non native animal, unless it’s been accepted as naturalised, though the beaver was once native here which may help it get on the list easier ???

[kinkell 787]

3 hours ago, Greyman said:

I,m not 100 percent sure about this, but I think you can’t give protected status to a non native animal, unless it’s been accepted as naturalised, though the beaver was once native here which may help it get on the list easier ???

They are European Beaver which might be different