Rare creatures return to nature reserve for first time in more than 400 years: 'Real watershed moment in the history of the species'

Rare creatures return to nature reserve for first time in more than 400 years: 'Real watershed moment in the history of the species'

Wild beavers have been extinct in the United Kingdom for more than 400 years. However, that narrative has changed, as the wild beaver has been reintroduced in a Dorset nature reserve, BBC News reported. Following the English government's decision to reintroduce wild populations to the country's wetlands and rivers, two pairs of beavers are now living in Little Sea lake in Studland, Purbeck. They came from the Beaver Trust in Scotland. After assi…