Calls for beavers to be manged before ‘irreversible damage’ done

Hunted to extinction 400 years ago, they were illegally reintroduced in Tayside 20 years ago.

There are calls for beavers to be managed on a Perthshire river before irreversible damage is done to other species like salmon and more land is lost.

Many warned of the damage the controversial creatures would cause.
But those behind the reintroduction of beavers say they are a benefit to the environment.

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