27-12-2007, 07:40 AM
An update I saw on the BBC website, beavers are likely to be released for the first time in Scotland into the wild in 2009. They are applying to be allowed to release 20 beavers, but the article does say that a similar application was rejected in 2005.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7158210.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7158210.stm