Fun fact: in the areas where pine martens have been reintroduced not only have the numbers of grey squirrels gone down but Red Squirrels have been making a comeback! It's a win-win!
Wow we have lots of pine martins here in ireland who are native and mink which are not. We hvae red squirrels here where i live in the midlands and pine partins but in and around dublin there are no pine martin and lots of grey squirrels. Maybe this could help irish red squirrels!! I'm going to look into it and email our conservation entity. Ive also seen the nstive red rabbit which i believe is a red hare not a rabbit they are really big and red like a fox or squirrel!
@ManQ_ reds are a lot more cautious than the greys and you know what they say about curiosity killing the cat! Currently the grey squirrels vastly outnumber our native reds so I don't think there's any danger months red squirrels from the pine marten
I had one growing up, he was half Scottish wild cat half tabby ❤ he was definitely larger than any other cats I've seen. Hopefully the pure ones get to breed and improve the numbers.
Ironically they've stopped stocking salmon into the welsh Dee. Year on year numbers are down to near extinction. Now they also have to run the gauntlet off 100s of otters THEY HAVE RELEASED! Otters that are clearing out the stocks of course fish in the lower reaches of the river. Ultimately their offspring will die of starvation. Leaving few fish a few otters...shocking countryside management
Same thing all over the UK. Otter was never an apex predator but since we've stopped hunting them and thr lynx etc are extinct then they become one and it's not sustainable at all.
@louisholden5127 it's not unfair, they released otters into ecosystems that are struggling (due to humans,) but they're so successful they're breeding far too quickly for the damaged ecosystems to support them. We have to manage their numbers because they're an apex predator, when naturally they shouldn't be as we used to hunt them as did other predators that are now extinct in Britain. Their numbers are too high in some areas to the point the RSPB have started to otter fence their nature reserves because the otters move onto the birds after destroying fish numbers. It's our duty to maintain the ecosystem that we destroyed and as cute as otters look that includes controlling their numbers.
Next is Wolves to keep the enormous red deer population in check, then Elk to keep the Wolves in check, then perhaps even Bears to keep all the above in check lol
@@WH-hi5ew Those are really bad ideas. Wolves in particular, as they have absolutely huge territories. And we all know wolves won't be hunting quick and agile deer. They'll be hunting slow and ungainly cows, sheep, and children.
@@CristiNeagu yes, realistically I cant see it happening for exactly those reasons. If I became a billionaire then I'd buy up a large estate in the Highlands and have it rewilded (without the wolves or the bears).
I seriously hope the numpties out there,don't put a spanner in the works for the Eurasian Lynx to come back. They rarely,if NEVER attack humans,and very infrequently attack livrestock. And i really would like visiting wooed wildlands and smell their aftershave livestock
@@duncan2172 That is an easy fix, get some guardian dogs living with them, the lynx dont understand the idea of ownership but they understand that big dogs are scary.
Basically the chances are absurdly low, you are more likely to be taken out by a car, a person with a knife, a golden retriever, or choking then a lynx. People in the UK seem like total crybabies when it comes to wildlife, your ancestors killed everything so now you are still afraid of it and it is stupid I think. Where I live in the US mountain lions are quite common, mountain lion attacks however are very rare and usually the fault of the person. I think that if I can live alongside bobcats, Canadian lynx, and mountain lions all at once and be confident that I am in less danger in the woods then in a major city then you all can live with the lynx. The farmers if they have problems can get some dogs to guard their livestock like everyone else. Being afraid of them or having them take a few chickens or a sheep on occasion isnt an excuse to destroy nature and never fix it.
Years back we used to live proper up in the Scottish Highlands. One morning my mum was out at the bins and a German journalist came up and starting animatedly asking her about what she thinks regarding the Shocking Idea of reintroducing lynxes- he was clearly looking for her to be like. horrified about it because as soon as she went on about how great it'll be he deflated and left 💀 people will always want to villainise predators instead of adapting. As you said like livestock guardian dogs, they're the perfect solution to keep predator away! More effective than shooting preds and yet farmers will fiiiight to not use em
@@georgew59 We'll see, the best laid plans of mice and men, having nothing on the track record of biologists introducing flora and fauna to ecosystems.
@@dleetr You know pine martens and red squirrels are both native to Britain right? And grey squirrels are non-native... larger and less agile than the red squirrels which have evolved to evade the pine martens. By controlling the greys pine martens give the red squirrels a chance to increase in numbers... it's the spread of the grey squirrels squirrel pox (not pine martens) that have lead to the decimation of the red squirrels in UK.
@@dleetrpine Martin’s had a competing evolution with red squirrels, and their strengths and weaknesses line up, when pine martins were removed, this let the more competitive but easier to hunt grey squirrels take over, wrecking the ecosystem. Reversing previous mistakes is different to creating new ones
Pine Martins are fast and agile enough to catch the non native grey squirrels but not the indigenous Red Squirrels. So what happens is Reds gradually start moving back into areas cleared of their bigger competitor the Greys.
Got a rescue scottish wild cat she was found severely injured and had to have a leg amputated. Had her 15 years now but has had the wild weened out of her. Loves a fuss or cuddle nowadays rather than hunting for mice and birds and ripping bin bags open😂
I call BS, here's what the experts say. Try as you might to tame it, says Roo Campbell, a mammal specialist at NatureScot, Scotland's nature agency, “you're not going to end up with a cuddly pet
@@TheDogmadaveif it's not just a large tabby then it is possible the cat was a wildcat mix. Wildcat hybrids used to not be that rare up north, could always tell because they were giant, looked like wildcats and if they weren't mean as sin to humans then they were to other animals lmao
She came too us less than 1 year old after having a lot of surgery to repair her injury's, I was always kept out the know of what caused it. It was a vet that explained to us she was a wild cat but could be a mixed tabby wildcat like someones said, it took her 2-3 years to get used to humans she just hid and attacked, ripped bin bags open for meat left overs, messed in places other than the litter box. She's still Spicy and maybe cuddle was a bad word to use, she will lie nestled in next to you and accept fuss but on her terms. She's 16 going on 17 now is loads calmer and sleeps alot but I swear the raw meat diet She's always been on keeps her so healthy.
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website 2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website 3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website 4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website 5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either. Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
I was reading that there is some debate as to whether beavers were ever in the UK originally. But the evident benefits to the ecosystems that they seem to have outweigh the negatives and help rebuild wetlands naturally.
I remember going to an animal park in scotland when I was a kid, they had loads of animals there that would have been in the wild today if it wasnt for us. *Cool story bro moment incoming* The best part was the bloke who took us round was half playing with the pine martins, jumped in the wolf enclosure not probelm but when it came to the wildcat cage (Mr hiss they called it😅) he suddenly looked nervous and went and had to suit up, he just poked his head through the gate and this cat went absolutely mental. You know the scene in jurassic park when they throw the goat in and the bushes shake like mad? It was like that. He jumped out after about only a minute and said (as you can see the wild cat is a rather underestimated beast, its an absolute c**t) 😂😂😂😂. Highlight of the holiday
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website 2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website 3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website 4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website 5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either. Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
I hope beavers come back to my home town. They used to be everywhere back when it was founded but got unfortunately hunted and driven to none existence here.
Lynx would thrive in the UK countryside as there is more than enough of their preferred pray, rabbits, to sustain them. Would help farmers control the rabbit population. Lynx are very shy of humans so it's it unlikely they would be threat to humans. Wolves on the other hand are a far tougher prospect for reintroduction...
@wattyler2994 do you know how many wolf deaths have occurred in the last 20 years in Europe? 2, Wolves are extremely scared of humans, they aren't like in the movies where they will chace you down and maul you to death just for looking at you wrong
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website 2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website 3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website 4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website 5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either. Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
Beavers aren't being released due to a trial in Devon. Way to go being anglocentric. Scotland had a trial in the 2000s and reintroduced them after that. Pine marten are also found in huge numbers in Scotland. They're nothing special and they're incredibly vicious too.
I didn't think the Scottish wildcat was extinct in Scotland... They are endangered because of hybridisation with domestic cats, not quite extinct so I'm not sure if this counts as reintroduction. There also needs to be a way of preventing domestic cats from breeding with the wildcat if the addition of more wildcats is to be effective at reviving the population. The minks pretty on grey squirrels but isn't the issue with grey squirrels that they displace red squirrels? I don't think they will avoid eating red squirrels, so I'm not sure how much that helps in getting rid of greys without further harming the dangling dwindling red population. Beavers are a good idea but the thing we need is larger predators, like wolves (which is what click baited me here). Human hunters kill off the healthiest prey species whether it's to hang on their wall or to eat, they want a good healthy looking animal. That becomes an evolutionary pressure against a good immune system, against big horns and against being successful generally. Predators tend to take the weakest and sickest animals which acts was a force to reduce weakness and sickness in a wild population. We still have deer, albeit mostly invasive deer now, but they are becoming less healthy with every generation because we have humans hunting them instead of wolves.
I don't understand. I love red squirrels but aren't they and grey squirrels genetically similar. Why would they just attack grey ones. Someone please explain.
It's because the grey squirrels are slower than the reds, can't climb as high and less cautious due to lack of predators in the UK. The greys make a easier and more filling meal so they don't bother with the reds.
Would be a fantastic reintroduction, unfortunately most people are scared of them. Quite idiotically actually since lynx are very rare to see even in areas which have them due to their shy nature
using footage of a wolf at the beggininjg is a bit clickbaity. However, my cousin who is a llivestock farmer supports the idea of reintroducing eurasian lynx in order to naturally control badger populations
@@edwardharris2388 they’re located at river otter in Devon, they were discovered by wildlife experts and it’s not 100% know how these Eurasian beavers arrived in England. They are thought to of been released by someone who had them as pets. They were taking in for testing for foreign disease, after testing and consideration by the wildlife conservation, they were deemed no risk to local wildlife and ecosystem. They were released and since the numbers are steadily climbing and the local farm land which was susceptible to flooding are no longer being flooded because of the dams built by the beavers, massively improving the local ecosystem and agricultural land. This is thought to be why the flooding of the land began when the beavers were drove to extinction in the Uk
All very fine and fluffy. Except that they have introduced pine martens into areas where there are red squirrels and no greys. And they're eating the red squirrels. Add to that they have no predators, and so the numbers of martens is skyrocketing, so the reds are in trouble. All the more so since the cutesy greenies refuse to accept the reality.
@mikefish8226 red squirrels are a lot more cautious of pine marten than greys are so keep away from them meaning the greys get eaten and the reds are left alone!
It's called an eco-system. Cat-like predators are completely normal in most environments. Wild birds (away from domestic environments) mate and produce chicks in abundance and won't be negatively affected.
Yes, housecats are, Scottish wildcats have existed in the wild alongside songbirds perfectly fine in the balance of our ecosystem, housecats kill an estimated 50 million birds per year however, not to mention the other small creatures they kill so if you're going to blame the cats (although you should really blame their owners) blame housecats, not the cats that are facing extinction
There's a pair of beavers currently living up here, in Worcestershires Wyre forest.They live in a fenced off area at the moment, but will be released to live in the forests streams.
Fun fact: in the areas where pine martens have been reintroduced not only have the numbers of grey squirrels gone down but Red Squirrels have been making a comeback! It's a win-win!
Wow we have lots of pine martins here in ireland who are native and mink which are not. We hvae red squirrels here where i live in the midlands and pine partins but in and around dublin there are no pine martin and lots of grey squirrels. Maybe this could help irish red squirrels!! I'm going to look into it and email our conservation entity. Ive also seen the nstive red rabbit which i believe is a red hare not a rabbit they are really big and red like a fox or squirrel!
Wouldn't they also hunt red squirrels?
@ManQ_ reds are a lot more cautious than the greys and you know what they say about curiosity killing the cat! Currently the grey squirrels vastly outnumber our native reds so I don't think there's any danger months red squirrels from the pine marten
@Padraigp in northern Ireland red squirrels are apparently still pretty widespread and number are increasing!
@@collymonster nice yes i believe in the West too... and then there's the Australian flatworm!!!
Fun fact: Most of the Scottish wild cats have been breading with domestic cats so aren't actually pure bred anymore
I had one growing up, he was half Scottish wild cat half tabby ❤ he was definitely larger than any other cats I've seen. Hopefully the pure ones get to breed and improve the numbers.
There’s a program of catching them, testing to see if they’re pure wildcats, so they can breed and release. Hybrids get neutered and released
whats wrong with the hybrids ?
Which is why they're reintroducing pure breds
@@iaw7406 nothing is “wrong” I guess expect that we’re at risk of losing the native species if they all breed with wild domestic cats
Ironically they've stopped stocking salmon into the welsh Dee. Year on year numbers are down to near extinction. Now they also have to run the gauntlet off 100s of otters THEY HAVE RELEASED! Otters that are clearing out the stocks of course fish in the lower reaches of the river. Ultimately their offspring will die of starvation. Leaving few fish a few otters...shocking countryside management
Same thing all over the UK. Otter was never an apex predator but since we've stopped hunting them and thr lynx etc are extinct then they become one and it's not sustainable at all.
Need beavers instead of otters
Fuck the eco system, we need to consider feelings first
Salmon used to be very common back when otters were also very common in the UK. So blaming the otters for the low Salmon numbers is definitely unfair.
@louisholden5127 it's not unfair, they released otters into ecosystems that are struggling (due to humans,) but they're so successful they're breeding far too quickly for the damaged ecosystems to support them. We have to manage their numbers because they're an apex predator, when naturally they shouldn't be as we used to hunt them as did other predators that are now extinct in Britain. Their numbers are too high in some areas to the point the RSPB have started to otter fence their nature reserves because the otters move onto the birds after destroying fish numbers. It's our duty to maintain the ecosystem that we destroyed and as cute as otters look that includes controlling their numbers.
Really hope the pine martens ARE preying on the grey tree rats! They need seriously reducing!
Hope they don't get the red ones.
@@magnacarta9364 Thats the point, the red ones are lighter and more agile so its the greys they control.
I spent a holiday in Scotland with someone working with the people reintroducing the beaver.
Next is Wolves to keep the enormous red deer population in check, then Elk to keep the Wolves in check, then perhaps even Bears to keep all the above in check lol
Big up the Scottish wild cats 💙💪🏻
All of these sound really, really good. Fluffy wild cats, tree rat hunters, and lake builders. Nice.
Wait till we get to wolves and bears.
@@WH-hi5ew Those are really bad ideas. Wolves in particular, as they have absolutely huge territories. And we all know wolves won't be hunting quick and agile deer. They'll be hunting slow and ungainly cows, sheep, and children.
@@CristiNeagu yes, realistically I cant see it happening for exactly those reasons. If I became a billionaire then I'd buy up a large estate in the Highlands and have it rewilded (without the wolves or the bears).
And don't forget the "boat people", imported from Calais.
love them Beavers.
I know a couple of a giant beaver’s that are in charge of London but that’s about it!!
Thanks for keeping us fellow nature lovers updated.
I seriously hope the numpties out there,don't put a spanner in the works for the Eurasian Lynx to come back. They rarely,if NEVER attack humans,and very infrequently attack livrestock. And i really would like visiting wooed wildlands and smell their aftershave livestock
I'd be very surprised if they aren't already out there, quietly breeding.
Livestock predation differs between different countries. Norway does have significant issues with lynx taking sheep.
@@duncan2172 That is an easy fix, get some guardian dogs living with them, the lynx dont understand the idea of ownership but they understand that big dogs are scary.
Basically the chances are absurdly low, you are more likely to be taken out by a car, a person with a knife, a golden retriever, or choking then a lynx. People in the UK seem like total crybabies when it comes to wildlife, your ancestors killed everything so now you are still afraid of it and it is stupid I think.
Where I live in the US mountain lions are quite common, mountain lion attacks however are very rare and usually the fault of the person. I think that if I can live alongside bobcats, Canadian lynx, and mountain lions all at once and be confident that I am in less danger in the woods then in a major city then you all can live with the lynx. The farmers if they have problems can get some dogs to guard their livestock like everyone else.
Being afraid of them or having them take a few chickens or a sheep on occasion isnt an excuse to destroy nature and never fix it.
Years back we used to live proper up in the Scottish Highlands. One morning my mum was out at the bins and a German journalist came up and starting animatedly asking her about what she thinks regarding the Shocking Idea of reintroducing lynxes- he was clearly looking for her to be like. horrified about it because as soon as she went on about how great it'll be he deflated and left 💀 people will always want to villainise predators instead of adapting. As you said like livestock guardian dogs, they're the perfect solution to keep predator away! More effective than shooting preds and yet farmers will fiiiight to not use em
Then the pine martin hunts the red squirrels too, who could have seen that. The beaver thing is nuts too.
Reds are faster than the greys so they cost more energy to hunt and the greys are larger so they are a better choice
@@georgew59 We'll see, the best laid plans of mice and men, having nothing on the track record of biologists introducing flora and fauna to ecosystems.
@@dleetr You know pine martens and red squirrels are both native to Britain right? And grey squirrels are non-native... larger and less agile than the red squirrels which have evolved to evade the pine martens. By controlling the greys pine martens give the red squirrels a chance to increase in numbers... it's the spread of the grey squirrels squirrel pox (not pine martens) that have lead to the decimation of the red squirrels in UK.
@@dleetr you seem to have missed the part where all these animals are native to the UK. They're not alien species, they were meant to be here
@@dleetrpine Martin’s had a competing evolution with red squirrels, and their strengths and weaknesses line up, when pine martins were removed, this let the more competitive but easier to hunt grey squirrels take over, wrecking the ecosystem. Reversing previous mistakes is different to creating new ones
Pine Martins are fast and agile enough to catch the non native grey squirrels but not the indigenous Red Squirrels. So what happens is Reds gradually start moving back into areas cleared of their bigger competitor the Greys.
Got a rescue scottish wild cat she was found severely injured and had to have a leg amputated. Had her 15 years now but has had the wild weened out of her. Loves a fuss or cuddle nowadays rather than hunting for mice and birds and ripping bin bags open😂
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Must have come from the flying pig vets
I call BS, here's what the experts say.
Try as you might to tame it, says Roo Campbell, a mammal specialist at NatureScot, Scotland's nature agency, “you're not going to end up with a cuddly pet
@@TheDogmadaveif it's not just a large tabby then it is possible the cat was a wildcat mix. Wildcat hybrids used to not be that rare up north, could always tell because they were giant, looked like wildcats and if they weren't mean as sin to humans then they were to other animals lmao
She came too us less than 1 year old after having a lot of surgery to repair her injury's, I was always kept out the know of what caused it. It was a vet that explained to us she was a wild cat but could be a mixed tabby wildcat like someones said, it took her 2-3 years to get used to humans she just hid and attacked, ripped bin bags open for meat left overs, messed in places other than the litter box. She's still Spicy and maybe cuddle was a bad word to use, she will lie nestled in next to you and accept fuss but on her terms. She's 16 going on 17 now is loads calmer and sleeps alot but I swear the raw meat diet She's always been on keeps her so healthy.
Brilliant The beavers will help with flooding 👍🏻
Yes! I'm from the new forest and we are introducing pine martens, so far quite successful
They have happily returned of their own accord, not reintroduced by man.🥰
Ive heard they're introducing the Nile Crocodile to the English Channel 🐊
Combating grey squirrels?
Fantastic!
I Seen red squirrels around Reid Park forfar last week 💯
Yooooo the new wildlife update adding beavers?!!! Fuck yea
Who doesn't love a fluffy beaver? 😂😂😂
Pine marten and beavers in my town of Frome in Somerset
Beavers have to some of the most fascinating animals to watch
Thankfully the cats and Martin have natural populations but come close to extinction.
Scottish wild cats are something else, we need them here ❤
Poor beavers who got thier spawn location as london 😂😭
the pine martens cant attack the red squirrels as the red squirrel is lighter and can run to lighter branches the greys can;t reach
I sadly saw a pine martin dead on the road in wales recently, felt really sad 😢
now we have to figure out who had the idea of bringing the grey squirrel in
And 3 more on the list Bison,Lynx and Wolves.
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website
2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website
3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website
4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website
5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper
When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either.
Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
I wish that we could reintroduce wolves, yet I know that it's impossible due to our lack of wilderness.
You can have werewolves if you want...
Pine marten s are a pest in Switzerland and Germany.. one at the moment is living in our apartments garage
The Scottish Wild Cat looks like the domestic short hair of the Tabby verity from the USA.
Beavers?
So when we have sudden flooding in those areas?
What a great idea building on low land areas then putting in beavers there that will stop flooding?
Looks like the Pine Martin is successfully protecting us from chicken eggs.
I was reading that there is some debate as to whether beavers were ever in the UK originally. But the evident benefits to the ecosystems that they seem to have outweigh the negatives and help rebuild wetlands naturally.
Any debate is done by complete morons.
It's well known they where originally in the UK and went extinct in the UK 400 to 500 years ago.
We introduced the grey....not knowing they would kill red ones...we neeed to reintroduce red ones ❤
Who doesn’t love a good fluffy beaver hey😭
Didn't know squirrels had IFF!
Nature is healing
Dragon. Sarlacc. Werewolf. Thats the three.
Poor beavers having to swim in that polluted water
I remember going to an animal park in scotland when I was a kid, they had loads of animals there that would have been in the wild today if it wasnt for us.
*Cool story bro moment incoming*
The best part was the bloke who took us round was half playing with the pine martins, jumped in the wolf enclosure not probelm but when it came to the wildcat cage (Mr hiss they called it😅) he suddenly looked nervous and went and had to suit up, he just poked his head through the gate and this cat went absolutely mental. You know the scene in jurassic park when they throw the goat in and the bushes shake like mad? It was like that. He jumped out after about only a minute and said (as you can see the wild cat is a rather underestimated beast, its an absolute c**t) 😂😂😂😂. Highlight of the holiday
now we need our elk and grey wolves back too
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website
2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website
3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website
4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website
5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper
When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either.
Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong with humans meddling with nature once again
Moist beavers & red Devon soil made me so homesick!
Hoping for Wallace’s and lynxes next
The beavers were introduced into Somerset not Devon. Bit poor to get this wrong.
Next: wolves and grizzlies 😂
Who doesn't love a beaver
hope to see Pine Martens in forest of dean seen hundreds of grey squirrels everytime im visiting
I think my cats one of them lol asa he said Bever i though that that dude who eats the food 😂😂😂
I hope beavers come back to my home town. They used to be everywhere back when it was founded but got unfortunately hunted and driven to none existence here.
Where is your hometown?
@@Miller4866 I live in East Yorkshire.
@lewisaustin8293 Yes beautiful wildlife in Yorkshire.
Lynx and Wolves next please
Lynx would thrive in the UK countryside as there is more than enough of their preferred pray, rabbits, to sustain them. Would help farmers control the rabbit population. Lynx are very shy of humans so it's it unlikely they would be threat to humans. Wolves on the other hand are a far tougher prospect for reintroduction...
@wattyler2994 do you know how many wolf deaths have occurred in the last 20 years in Europe?
2,
Wolves are extremely scared of humans, they aren't like in the movies where they will chace you down and maul you to death just for looking at you wrong
1] Wolf attack kills more than 40 sheep in Germany - APNews website
2] The number of wolf attacks on livestock in Germany is growing - DW Made for Minds website
3] Two wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho Falls - OutdoorLife website
4] Montana wolves kill 120 sheep - backpacker website
5] French farmers demand action against wolves killing livestock - Guardian newspaper
When lambing season approaches and the wolves attack a flock of pregnant sheep, even the ones who manage to escape the carnage abort the lamb fetus a few days later. Farmers say it's a horrific sight, their fields literally covered in aborted lambs. They obviously receive no compensation for this either.
Putting vicious, highly intelligent, pack-hunting apex predators into our British highland communities, what could possibly go wrong?
Beavers aren't being released due to a trial in Devon. Way to go being anglocentric. Scotland had a trial in the 2000s and reintroduced them after that. Pine marten are also found in huge numbers in Scotland. They're nothing special and they're incredibly vicious too.
I didn't think the Scottish wildcat was extinct in Scotland... They are endangered because of hybridisation with domestic cats, not quite extinct so I'm not sure if this counts as reintroduction. There also needs to be a way of preventing domestic cats from breeding with the wildcat if the addition of more wildcats is to be effective at reviving the population. The minks pretty on grey squirrels but isn't the issue with grey squirrels that they displace red squirrels? I don't think they will avoid eating red squirrels, so I'm not sure how much that helps in getting rid of greys without further harming the dangling dwindling red population. Beavers are a good idea but the thing we need is larger predators, like wolves (which is what click baited me here). Human hunters kill off the healthiest prey species whether it's to hang on their wall or to eat, they want a good healthy looking animal. That becomes an evolutionary pressure against a good immune system, against big horns and against being successful generally. Predators tend to take the weakest and sickest animals which acts was a force to reduce weakness and sickness in a wild population. We still have deer, albeit mostly invasive deer now, but they are becoming less healthy with every generation because we have humans hunting them instead of wolves.
No grizzly bears then?
There were plenty of beavers in the uk already dw
Holy shit beaver update
Damn we getting new world updates now
Very cool
Good news! A litter of wildcat cubs have been born IN THE WILD
We need grizzlies next
bring on the bears and wolves!
We need more European Bison in the Uk
I don't understand. I love red squirrels but aren't they and grey squirrels genetically similar. Why would they just attack grey ones. Someone please explain.
It's because the grey squirrels are slower than the reds, can't climb as high and less cautious due to lack of predators in the UK. The greys make a easier and more filling meal so they don't bother with the reds.
They werent extinct in scotland just hard to find
I want lynx up here
Would be a fantastic reintroduction, unfortunately most people are scared of them. Quite idiotically actually since lynx are very rare to see even in areas which have them due to their shy nature
@@georgew59 we need something to control our deer population.
@@caitgems1 absolutely, it’s ridiculous that people think that it’s only down to farmers and gamekeepers to control them. Way to many around
Wild cats and pine marten don't need to be reintroduced if they already exist.
Bring back the native red squirrel that the American squirrel has tried to wipe out.😊
Pacjs of wild boat people too. Keep your doors locked
Pls add red squirrels in the next update
Never wolves
We need the lynx reintroduced in the Uk, and then finally the wolf
using footage of a wolf at the beggininjg is a bit clickbaity. However, my cousin who is a llivestock farmer supports the idea of reintroducing eurasian lynx in order to naturally control badger populations
There are a couple wolves in a few controlled spots in Britain, but not really enough to say they've been properly reintroduced.
I can't imagine the beavers would do well with how much shit is in our rivers.
Beavers don't damn rivers, they damn streams
@@Alucard-gt1zf rivers, streams, whatever. They've all got shit in them
They’re doing extremely well and numbers are growing
@@green344 Well that's surprising. Welcome news tho.
@@edwardharris2388 they’re located at river otter in Devon, they were discovered by wildlife experts and it’s not 100% know how these Eurasian beavers arrived in England. They are thought to of been released by someone who had them as pets.
They were taking in for testing for foreign disease, after testing and consideration by the wildlife conservation, they were deemed no risk to local wildlife and ecosystem.
They were released and since the numbers are steadily climbing and the local farm land which was susceptible to flooding are no longer being flooded because of the dams built by the beavers, massively improving the local ecosystem and agricultural land.
This is thought to be why the flooding of the land began when the beavers were drove to extinction in the Uk
Wolves? Where abouts? Are there any yet?
All very fine and fluffy. Except that they have introduced pine martens into areas where there are red squirrels and no greys. And they're eating the red squirrels. Add to that they have no predators, and so the numbers of martens is skyrocketing, so the reds are in trouble. All the more so since the cutesy greenies refuse to accept the reality.
Fantastic for waterways and creating life.
Release those beavers
B O B E R !! 😃
Does anyone know if Pine Martens would hunt Red Squirrels because I assume they would...
Nope! Red squirrel number are actually increasing in these areas!
@@collymonster Do we know why the Pine Martens aren't eating the Red Squirrels?
@mikefish8226 red squirrels are a lot more cautious of pine marten than greys are so keep away from them meaning the greys get eaten and the reds are left alone!
@@collymonster What will happen when Pine Martens run out of Grey Squirrels? Surely they'll go look for Red Squirrels even if they are cautious?
@mikefish8226 possibly but the red squirrels natural caution which the greys don't have will be a blessing for them. Greys are too tame.
I personally love my furry beavers
Nice beaver
The one's hunting the greys, must have a contract to leave the reds alone 🤣 sure history has something to say over this 🤔🤦🏻♂️
Pantalainion 😢
I for one support the furry beaver
But I am old
Bring back the bears
Wait we had beavers!?
Yes mate
River otter in Devon.. seen them with my own eyes
Cooool
Iv see pine martin dead on the road side in west wales .
The cats are such a bad idea they’re gonna decimate ground, nesting bird populations
Okay and?
Are you dumb or something cats kill for fun they horrible for other animals
They are native to Scotland regardless...
It's called an eco-system. Cat-like predators are completely normal in most environments. Wild birds (away from domestic environments) mate and produce chicks in abundance and won't be negatively affected.
That’s the point they haven’t been there for a little while some animal won’t even know how to react to them it’s gonna be a slaughter
is it fair to bring beavers into our waters while the water quality is so poor?
I feel sorrg for the beavers in london i hope that they neved get close to the tems would hat for them to get hurt in that ecological desaster
They’re nowhere near London
Beavers will create better water
Don’t let the animalogic crowd see this, they’ll have a fit😅
Why would they have a fit?
Cats are killing all the songbirds!
Yes, housecats are, Scottish wildcats have existed in the wild alongside songbirds perfectly fine in the balance of our ecosystem, housecats kill an estimated 50 million birds per year however, not to mention the other small creatures they kill so if you're going to blame the cats (although you should really blame their owners) blame housecats, not the cats that are facing extinction
Are bear 🐻 being brought back?😂😂
There's a couple in a few specific reserves, but they haven't been formally reintroduced, no.
There's a pair of beavers currently living up here, in Worcestershires Wyre forest.They live in a fenced off area at the moment, but will be released to live in the forests streams.