First baby beavers born in urban London for 400 years
Baby beavers have been born in urban London for the first time in more than 400 years, a conservation project said.
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00:00Baby beavers have been born in urban London for the first time in more than 400 years,
00:06a conservation project has said. The family of Eurasian beavers were introduced to a nature
00:12reserve in Ealing, West London in October as part of a project that aims to get public
00:18to engage with nature, to study biodiversity improvements and to monitor flood mitigation
00:24effects. Dr Sean McCormack, one of the volunteers behind the project, said the other volunteers
00:31were totally over the moon, thrilled and excited. He said it proved beavers and Londoners could
00:37live side by side. The site is right next to a retail park and a fast food drive through,
00:44it is surrounded on all sides by roads and buildings, but in this small green oasis,
00:50the beavers have made their home. For more on this, head to londonworld.com