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A beaver kit is released into Glen Affric.

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A beaver kit is released into Glen Affric.

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Glen Affric to welcome beavers again after 400 years

Beavers to return to Glen Affric after four centuries

Beavers will be introduced to two sites on a river in the Highlands.

Six beaver families to be released into Highlands river

Five beaver kits have been born in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.

Five baby beavers born in the wild at Scottish national park

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Plans to release beavers into Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin in Glen Affric have been delayed due to fears about their impact on the environment.

'Beaver betrayal' as officials delay species release in Highland glen

Two kits have been spotted in the Cairngorms National Park with families of beavers introduced there

Watch first beaver kits in 400 years born in the wild in national park

Juvenille beaver being released at RSPB Insh Marshes NNR (Pic: Beaver Trust)

Beavers settle into their new home in the Cairngorms National Park

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Grant Moir, CEO of CNPA, and Lorna Slater MSP carry female beaver to release site (Pic: Beaver Trust).

Beavers arrive in their new Cairngorms National Park home

Beavers will be returning to the Cairngorms. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

Beavers to return to Cairngorms for first time in 400 years

Beavers are once again living in the wild in Scotland after being reintroduced via a formal project and unauthorised releases, with colonies thriving and spreading around the Tay and beyond. Picture: Caroline Farrow

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The beavers will be trapped and taken under licence from areas where they are having a serious negative impact on agricultural land. Photo: PA

Beaver families to be relocated to boost wild population in Scotland

Next steps could see beavers return to the Cairngorm National Park by this Autumn. (Pic: Elliot McCandless)

Bringing beavers back to the Cairngorms National Park

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Beavers are the ecosystem engineers we need across Scotland – James Silvey

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One of the baby beavers sniffs the air as it checks out its new territory -- beavers are considered beneficial for nature, helping to control flooding and boost biodiversity. Picture: Joshua Glavin/Beaver Trust

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Research has shown how the preservation of beaver habitats can improve the fire-resistance of the landscape (Picture: Viktor Drachev/AFP via Getty Images)

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Beavers are dubbed 'nature's engineers' because of the environmental benefits their dam-building activities can provide - controlling flooding and creating new wetlands where other species can thrive. Picture: Philip Price

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Beavers are still being let down by the Scottish Government and its agencies (Picture: Scottish Beaver Trial/PA)

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Beavers have been reintroduced in Scotland after being extinct since the 16th century, gaining official protection in 2019. Photo: scotlandbigpicture.com

Beavers to be moved across Scotland instead of killed

Scotland granted beavers protected status in 2019, following a successful reintroduction trial in Argyll.

New site identified for release of beavers in Scotland

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The UK government has launched a public consultation into proposals to return once-native beavers to the wild in England - Scotland granted the species protected status in 2019, following a successful reintroduction trial in Argyll. Picture: Lorne Gill

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The number of beavers in Scotland has been increasing dramatically, according to a new study (Picture: Lorne Gill/NatureScot/PA Wire)

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A new NatureScot survey reveals that beaver numbers have more than doubled in the past three years across Scotland.

Beaver numbers in Scotland more than double in last three years

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Network Rail builds Scotland’s first ‘Beaver tunnel’ under the Highland mainline

The beaver, once a native of the UK before being hunted to extinction in the 16th century, was granted official European Protected Species status in Scotland on 1 May 2019

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Beavers have been reintroduced in Scotland after being hunted to extinction in the 16th century and are now officially protected as a native species

Fears raised as 87 protected beavers legally shot in Tayside
Conservationists have expressed concern after it was revealed that scores of beavers have been killed in the past year in Scotland under pest-control licenses i...

The footage was captured by Colin Black on Tayside. SWNS

Hilarious video shows Scottish beavers bearing teeth before brawl

A post-mortem examination is said to have shown the beaver had been shot in the head with a shotgun, which didnt kill it, and was later finished off with a rifle. Picture: SWNS

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It is now illegal to kill the animals or destroy established dams and lodges in Scotland, without licence, due to them now having European Protected Species status. Picture: Scottish Wildlife Trust/PA Wire

Beavers in Scotland get EU protection

Beavers have been reintroduced to Scotland, almost four centuries after they were hunted to extinction in Britain

Beavers lodged in law as a protected species – Helen Senn and Gill Dowse

Beavers are to be given legal protection in Scotland, it has been announced. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA

Beavers to become protected species under new legislation

Beavers were spotted in Scotland in 2006 after unauthorised reintoductions, more than 400 years after they were hunted to extinction

Beavers should have legal protected status in Scotland, say charities

Ministers want the species to expand naturally following a trial. Picture: Getty

Fresh support for beaver reintroduction in Scotland

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Euan Walker-Munro, chairman of National Farmers Union of Scotland's Angus branch, says SNH is 'passing the buck'

Farmer hits out at Scottish Natural Heritage over illegal beaver release

Beavers have been brought back to Scotland after a gap of 400 years

Beavers bred in captivity pair up in Scottish conservation success story

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Up to 28 beavers will be released into lochans in Knapdale forest over the next three years to reinforce the colony established there during a recent successful trial reintroduction that has seen the species receive native status in Scotland

New beavers to be set free in Argyll

Researchers from Stirling looked at the effects a small group of beavers had on a wetland in Tayside originally drained for farming. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Beavers '˜boost biodiversity and improve wetlands'

A family of beavers discovered living in the wild near Beauly in the Highlands is to be trapped and removed. Picture: Peter Cairns

Alan McDonnell: Do beavers have to be made into a political issue?

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