Concerns over the future protection of beavers are raised after delays in the introduction of new legislation.
Plans to give beavers legal protection from being captured, killed, injured or disturbed without a licence in England have been delayed.
The Wildlife Trusts said the decision to delay put the reintroduction of beavers to the wild "in jeopardy".Eurasian beavers, which were once widespread but hunted to extinction 400 years ago, have been reintroduced at sites across Britain. In England, the government is hoping to introduce an amendment to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 that would protect beavers from October.The proposed amendment comes as the wider release of beavers into the wild is currently being considered., have seen beaver kits born in Cheshire, Derbyshire and Dorset and they have highlighted the work beavers do in holding water on the land during the current heatwave.
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