article_snippet: 800 years - clear results mean Nine wild beavers should be released back into the wild on the River Otter by the end of the month.
article_snippet: Now that tests have revealed that the four adult beavers are free of the disease, and if the four adult beavers pass a few more tests, the four adult beavers are set to be released onto a Devon river.
article_snippet: Devon Wildlife Trust, which will monitor Beavers for the next five years, said Devon Wildlife Trust, which will monitor the beavers for the next five years had passed a ‘vital hurdle’ in one of the most important schemes in the history of English conservation.
article_snippet: Environmentalists were delighted at the unexpected finding, but were horrified when Defra, the Government’s environment department, decided last year that Environmentalists would round up Beavers.
article_snippet: That decision was reversed six weeks ago when Natural England granted Devon Wildlife Trust a licence to monitor Beavers as part of groundbreaking conservation programme.
article_snippet: Beavers will be there until we get the rest of the results
article_snippet: and then we can released Beavers back on to the river, hopefully within a few weeks.
article_snippet: Peter Burgess of Devon Wildlife Trust said Beavers could have a hugely beneficial impact on rivers, reducing numbers of trees on the banks, improving light levels, and reducing flood risk by controlling water flow with the banks dams.
article_snippet: As well as being a rare victory for native English wildlife, conservationists say Beavers directly benefit the environment.
article_snippet: Friends of the Earth campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: ‘This is fantastic news for all the people who fought to save Beavers.
article_snippet: We now need to get Beavers released back into the wild as soon as possible - and then get on with working to return the species to other suitable parts of the country too.
article_snippet: A few months later a second beaver was seen and then grainy pictures emerged in the spring of a juvenile.
article_snippet: A screen grab of video footage of the beavers is shown .
article_snippet: Peter Burgess of the Devon Wildlife Trust said the beavers could have a hugely beneficial impact on rivers, reducing numbers of trees on the banks, improving light levels, and reducing flood risk by controlling water flow with the banks dams.
article_snippet: An adult beaver with Peter Burgess of the Devon Wildlife Trust young is shown .