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Tag: Beaver

  • Maggie’s Journey — A ‘Nuisance’ Beaver Gets a Second Chance

    Maggie’s Journey — A ‘Nuisance’ Beaver Gets a Second Chance

    When the door of her enclosure swung open, Maggie the beaver wasted no time getting acquainted with her new home. After months of rehabilitation at the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, she finally returned to the wild. Maggie’s solitary rehabilitation journey was unusual because beavers typically live in pairs or in established colonies. “Normally, we would…

  • Volunteer-run rehab centre returns beavers to the wild

    Volunteer-run rehab centre returns beavers to the wild

    The B.C. Wildlife Federation is dedicating significant energy and attention to learning about the services beavers offer to wetlands, and how to leverage those behaviors to our mutual advantage. We visited the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (IWRS) in Summerland in July to view the society’s new Beaver Hotel, a facility dedicated to rehabilitating beavers and…