Return of the Beavers

There is a new plan to re-introduce beavers into Scotland. They haven't been there for over 500 years due to hunting in the sixteenth century.

Wildlife groups are protesting to get them back in the wild. There are hoping to release 20 of the mammals to a forest in Argyll sometime during 2009.

But almost half of the people in that area are against the idea. They say that the beavers will ruin the environment by chopping down all the trees. Beavers do chop down trees, but by doing that they make way for new wetland plants to live. So, they are actually needed.

I hope they do get released. It would be great for them to return to Scotland, and hopefully they will.

Please comment. Thank you.