{"id":15822,"date":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=15822"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:53:28","slug":"beavers-are-back-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/05\/04\/beavers-are-back-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Beavers are back in town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center intro\">A project returns the rodents to London after a 400-year absence<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-16515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/05\/OF670NH6G9ZZ6T1E0HV2EX239459.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Beavers are the second largest rodent in the world <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">AFTER BEING HUNTED TO EXTINCTION 400 years ago, beavers have returned to London with the 21st-century aims of helping to tackle the climate crisis and improve biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">A pair of beavers has been released into a 6ha enclosure, which contains a running stream, at the Forty Hall organic farm in Enfield, north London.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The animals have been brought in thanks to their prowess as natural ecosystem engineers, able to create wetland habitats through dam-building. \u201cBy exploring natural flood management techniques, such as this beaver project, we can reduce the risk of harm from flooding following extreme rainfall, protecting hundreds if not thousands of local homes,\u201d says councillor Ian Barnes, Enfield Council\u2019s deputy leader.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Eva Bishop, communications director for the Beaver Trust, says that beavers could happily live in big cities such as London.<span> \u201cBeavers are a very adaptive species and will live where there is water and sufficient food to forage. There\u2019s no reason we can\u2019t live alongside beavers in British cities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Releasing beavers into the wild in England is not yet authorised, however a government consultation into the future of beavers in England is expected to be published this spring. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Simon Birch <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photo: BEAVER: JOHN SIBLEY\/REUTERS\/ALAMY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A project returns the rodents to London after a 400-year 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