An animal sanctuary has said the arrival of a female beaver to pair up with its resident male is “an exciting moment”.<\/p>\n
Parsnip, who is about two years old, arrived at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary from Forestry England’s Cropton Forest enclosure after a short stay at Flamingo Land.<\/p>\n
Her move was planned with the Beaver Trust to ensure she was a compatible match for Turnip, a male beaver at the sanctuary. The sanctuary said it had been a Christmas surprise for Turnip.<\/p>\n
Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, head of restoration at the Beaver Trust, said pairing young beavers successfully was an important step in ensuring their long-term wellbeing.<\/p>\n
“Seeing these young beavers pair up and display all the natural behaviours we hope for is a huge success,” she added.<\/p>\n
After arriving in Cornwall, Parsnip spent time at the sanctuary’s beaver nursery to acclimatise to her new surroundings.<\/p>\n
She is now due to move into the four-acre beaver enclosure, where she and Turnip can “explore, build, and bond”, said the sanctuary.<\/p>\n
The beavers will have the opportunity to establish their own territories and Parsnip’s arrival would “continue our important work in caring for orphaned beaver kits,” it added.<\/p>\n
Grace Jones, conservation coordinator at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary said: “This is an exciting moment for our sanctuary.<\/p>\n
“Thanks to the support of our partners, Parsnip can now start her life with a compatible companion, and we look forward to watching these two beavers settle into their new home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An animal sanctuary has said the arrival of a female beaver to pair up with its resident male…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-205918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}