After approaching what the department’s public information office called “the beleaguered beaver,” Police Officer John Angus secured the animal in a safety noose and pulled it on to the rear of the harbor launch, where it was kept in a bucket and doused with water.
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Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
My favorite line of this (other than the “beleaguered beaver” expression)is “A state conservation official later said they might have been better off leaving it alone”. Heh. No good deed goes unpunished.
Comment by hawaii — 19 April 2008, Saturday @ 14:15:36
this year was the first time I saw non-zoo beavers in a Cleveland Metro Park. I’ve seen girdled trees and dams as long as I can remember, but this was the first time I saw beavers hanging out along the shore, and they are HUGE! I guess I expected them to be a little bigger than woodchucks or raccoons. 40 lbs seems about right. I do hope all is well with the NYC beaver and they let it safely on it’s way.
Comment by rrgirl — 19 April 2008, Saturday @ 20:41:08