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The Danube Backwaters

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What I have always missed there and what I still miss is to experience presence of the European Beaver. The last beaver in the area was killed ten miles to the east – near Pancevo around the year 1900, but, reintroduced some dozen years ago, there are some 150 of them in the country nowadays.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Rather more are killed in collisions with cars. Another lost mammal in the UK now becoming re-established here due to re-introductions is the European Beaver. As a result, Nightingales have completely disappeared from many woods where they were once found, and the population continues to decline as numbers of Muntjac rise.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears.

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