


July 22, 2010
Attack Beaver Shot in Alberta Park
Here's one from the "I wouldn't want to meet that beaver in a dark alley" files...
From this story in the Toronto Globe and Mail:
Park officials and RCMP in central Alberta are concerned someone may have taken matters into their own hands by shooting and killing a beaver following reports last week that one of the rodents in the area had killed a dog. Red Deer parks superintendent Trevor Poth said a dead beaver was discovered by a canoeist paddling in the Three Mile Bend recreation area this week, the same area where a beaver had been attacking dogs.
“The beaver had clearly been shot while in the park so we're just shocked and dismayed that someone would discharge a firearm within the city limits. Certainly within a park they're endangering park users and wildlife in the area,” Mr. Poth said. A beaver had killed a husky at an off-leash park in the area earlier this month. That beaver might have been attempting to protect its young. The city's parks department initially said it would fatally trap the beavers in the area, but later abandoned the plan when local landowners stepped forward and offered to have them transferred to their property.
First, a beaver that's mean enough to kill a husky-sized dog is not any kind of rodent to be trifled with. Second, any local landowner who'd agree to take in said dog-killing beaver might want to consider packing some heat on their evening walks.
Comments (18)
How exactly do you transfer a beaver? Wouldn't they just go back to their original dam?
Sounds like good beaver gone bad. :)
The author obviously has no idea about Canadian firearm laws if he suggests packing a pistol for a walk in the park.
I admit that most of what I know about beavers concerns the slang definition of a beaver, but this story made me realize how very little I know about the 4 legged kind. I had no idea that a beaver could pose a threat to a dog the size of a husky. If you pay attention, you learn something new every day.
@P90puma,
I think you're missing the point....
Nate
As a landowner, I have absolutely no use for beavers whether dog killers or not. The forestry dept. estimates that each adult beaver will do appx. $1,000.00 of property damage per year through girdling and flooding. I just killed one in my pond last week and it gave me feeling of satisfaction to do so.
what would be the reason that these landowners would want beavers on their property?
A beaver the northern equivalent of an alligator? Oh my!
I've thought about shooting a couple of beavers during deer season but only imagined it to some satisfaction. One of these days I am going to trap those noisy buggers.
Those angry ones can be some kind of vicious!!LMAO
Getting too close to a beaver especially when it's away from it's only means of escape(water), gives the animal no choice but to attack. Sounds to me like the dog owners need to keep their pets on a leash and not let them wander.
To buynflshop, GO AWAY!!!!!!!
If memory serves me, didn't a beaver nearly kill Seaman, the Newfoundland on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Maybe the beaver contracted an STD and went mad.
An STD? hahaha I'm gonna leave that comment alone
there's a reason so many landowners look to people who trap in order to control beaver populations and perhaps that's what the city could do in this case also and settle the beaver problem.
I don't think those landowners would want a crazy beaver on their property. Sometimes nuisance animals are just that. Not everything should be moved some where else.
MLH, trapping beaver is fun! and what a reward fo tanning the hide and making some gloves of a hat!!
ya, cant really see transfering.
Dogs are allowed to be off the leash at a NON leash park.
all animals get controlled one way or another, too bad the place did not protect the tax paying dog owner.
Some one asked why anyone would want a beaver on their land.Years ago my dad would allow trapping but no beavers.His reason was the river[Platte River in Nebraska]which had always been an open shallow river was being overrun with cotton wood and willow trees and the beaver helped keep them in check.
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To buynflshop, GO AWAY!!!!!!!
How exactly do you transfer a beaver? Wouldn't they just go back to their original dam?
Sounds like good beaver gone bad. :)
@P90puma,
I think you're missing the point....
Nate
An STD? hahaha I'm gonna leave that comment alone
I admit that most of what I know about beavers concerns the slang definition of a beaver, but this story made me realize how very little I know about the 4 legged kind. I had no idea that a beaver could pose a threat to a dog the size of a husky. If you pay attention, you learn something new every day.
As a landowner, I have absolutely no use for beavers whether dog killers or not. The forestry dept. estimates that each adult beaver will do appx. $1,000.00 of property damage per year through girdling and flooding. I just killed one in my pond last week and it gave me feeling of satisfaction to do so.
what would be the reason that these landowners would want beavers on their property?
A beaver the northern equivalent of an alligator? Oh my!
I've thought about shooting a couple of beavers during deer season but only imagined it to some satisfaction. One of these days I am going to trap those noisy buggers.
Those angry ones can be some kind of vicious!!LMAO
If memory serves me, didn't a beaver nearly kill Seaman, the Newfoundland on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Maybe the beaver contracted an STD and went mad.
The author obviously has no idea about Canadian firearm laws if he suggests packing a pistol for a walk in the park.
Getting too close to a beaver especially when it's away from it's only means of escape(water), gives the animal no choice but to attack. Sounds to me like the dog owners need to keep their pets on a leash and not let them wander.
there's a reason so many landowners look to people who trap in order to control beaver populations and perhaps that's what the city could do in this case also and settle the beaver problem.
I don't think those landowners would want a crazy beaver on their property. Sometimes nuisance animals are just that. Not everything should be moved some where else.
MLH, trapping beaver is fun! and what a reward fo tanning the hide and making some gloves of a hat!!
ya, cant really see transfering.
Dogs are allowed to be off the leash at a NON leash park.
all animals get controlled one way or another, too bad the place did not protect the tax paying dog owner.
Some one asked why anyone would want a beaver on their land.Years ago my dad would allow trapping but no beavers.His reason was the river[Platte River in Nebraska]which had always been an open shallow river was being overrun with cotton wood and willow trees and the beaver helped keep them in check.
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