article_snippet: ‘They’ve tested free of serious infectious diseases and we’re now looking forward to starting the next phase of we work: studying the long term effects of these wild beavers on the local landscape, on local communities and local wildlife.
article_snippet: DNA tests also confirmed the family were Eurasian beavers - the species originally native to the UK - rather than North American beavers (here one of the family is pictured while in captivity during tests) Tests, carried out by beaver experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland over the last few days, revealed the animals were free of bovine TB and a parasitic tapeworm that can cause serious harm in humans .
article_snippet: News of the discovery was incredibly popular locally - so people were furious when Defra, the Government’s environment department, decided Defra, the Government’s environment department would round up North American beavers.
article_snippet: Tests, carried out by beaver experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland over the last few days, revealed The animals were free of bovine TB and a parasitic tapeworm that can cause serious harm in humans.
article_snippet: DNA tests also confirmed DNA tests were Eurasian beavers - the species originally native to the UK - rather than North American beavers.
article_snippet: At its conclusion in 2020, the project will present Natural England with the project evidence and decide the future of North American beavers.
article_snippet: Friends of the Earth campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: ‘The return of North American beavers is fantastically exciting, and a great success for all those who fought for North American beavers to remain in the wild.
article_snippet: us should bring beavers back to other parts of the UK where beavers used to live and look at boosting or returning other species too - from the pine marten to the lynx.
article_snippet: Bringing back our native species will help existing wildlife, repair our ecosystems and bring more life and joy to our landscape.