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August 2009
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A beaver family in Bakersfield, California has been saved from their death sentence after a huge public response to their story.
The family had made their home near a popular bike path and had chewed nine cottonwood trees down to stumps near the park. State wildlife officials from the Department of Fish and Game had been issued a permit to kill the beavers for destroying the $500 trees. Bill Cooper, co-founder of the Kern River Parkway Foundation said, "Wildlife officials view them as a pest and I don't know for sure if they're a native animal along the river." After the news of the beavers' impending death broke, many people sent letters asking to save the beavers. One wrote, "I saw an article...about a beaver that has been sentenced to death by wildlife officials for gnawing on trees in a local park. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why has this creature been sentenced to death for doing the only thing that it knows how to do?" Click here to read more of this story, News for cats and dogs - Beaver Family Saved From Death Sentence 1 CommentsLeave a comment |
That one letter written nails it right on the head...and it goes for any wild (or other) animal! "Why has this creature been sentenced to death for doing the only thing it knows how to do?" It's so sad that so many creatures are sentenced to death because of doing what is in their makeup to do! It's just so sad.