{"id":528133,"date":"2026-04-13T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528133\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:39:08","slug":"nature-charity-plans-to-release-wild-beavers-into-dorset-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528133\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature charity plans to release wild beavers into Dorset rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The reintroduction came after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cj3nn4rlxz5o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">government&#8217;s decision<\/a> to allow wild populations return to England&#8217;s rivers and wetlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dorset Wildlife Trust introduced an adult pair of beavers into an enclosed site in west Dorset in February 2021, as part of a scientific study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In October 2022, the animals were recognised as a resident native species in England once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Natural England is now moving away from enclosed projects and is issuing licenses for wild beaver release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trust said &#8220;help is needed&#8221; to restore beaver populations, adding that a key part of their reintroduction was the &#8220;vital importance of creating a genetically viable population that is robust and adaptable to climate change and disease&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A public consultation on the trust&#8217;s proposal has been opened and will run until 31 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reintroduction came after the government&#8217;s decision to allow wild populations return to England&#8217;s rivers and wetlands. Dorset&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-528133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}