FAQ: What else is happening with beavers in the UK?
The Scottish Beaver Trial is just one initiative to reintroduce beavers to the UK. Proposals to reintroduce the beaver to both England and Wales are also being developed independently of the Scottish Beaver Trial. Members of the Scottish Beaver Trial team have provided expertise to these organisations following their experience of managing the UK's first official mammal reintroduction.
Further information about beaver reintroduction proposals can be found by clicking on the following links:
Beaver Advisory Committee for England
Independent information and advice about the reintroduction of beavers into England.
Investigating the feasibility of bringing wild beavers back to Wales.
A library of published research on beaver reintroductions.
Stories about escaped beavers in different parts of the country are also sometimes in the news. These beavers have either escaped from private collections or have been deliberately and illegally released and are not connected to the government-licensed Scottish Beaver Trial.
The Scottish Beaver Trial's project partners, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, are committee members of the Tayside Beaver Study Group (chaired by Scottish Natural Heritage). The Scottish Government announced in March 2012 that the Tayside beaver population would be monitored until the end of the official, licensed Scottish Beaver Trial in 2014, when the future of beavers in Scotland will be decided upon.
More FAQ's - About the Scottish Beaver Trial
- Why reintroduce the beaver to Scotland?
- How do we know that beavers were once in Scotland?
- What was the purpose and aims of the beaver trial?
- How long was the Scottish Beaver Trial?
- Where did the beavers come from?
- How many beavers were released and what has happened to them?
- How were the animals transported to the site?
- During the quarantine period, what were the beavers tested for and what were the results?
- How was the Trial managed?
- What was the role of Scottish Natural Heritage?
- How much did the project cost and where did the money come from?
- What were the benefits to the local population?
- What is the European experience of beaver reintroductions?
- What happens at the end of the trial?
- What are the success criteria for the trial?
- How can you help?
- What else is happening with beavers in the UK?
