A beaver project is ongoing within Scotland's largest national park, which is aiming to re-establish the species in the region.
Beaver kits have been born in the wild within Cairngorms National Park for the first time in more than 400 years. The pair were born to two of the six families relocated to the upper River Spey catchment as part of efforts to re-establish the species in the area. Conservation campaigners hope the beavers will boost biodiversity and enhance the region's ecosystems in the ongoing battle to reduce the impacts of climate change.
They were hunted for their fur and scent glands that produce a substance called castoreum, which was used for perfumes and medicine. An initial reintroduction trial of beavers at Knapdale in Argyll and Bute began in 2009 and populations are now established there and in Tayside, on the Forth, at Loch Lomond, and also in several locations elsewhere in the UK.
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