Overpopulation of any species, plants, Animals, Protista, Monerans or Fungi will wreak havoc on the ecosystem they are in. When control mechanisms for them are removed. Beavers can and do create flooded acreage that most times are food producing areas, or are Timberlands and like it or not, people are hired to eradicate then. Many of My Wildiife grads were hired by Feds to eliminate problem animals. Some used dynamite to blow up Dams and trapping was used to kill them. You never live trap and relocate species to be an issue somewhere else. Some students are hired to kill birds near major airports. In Minnesota, beavers are trapped to protect timberland from floods. Interestingly, the beaver tails are a main staple to feed the wolves at the International Wolf Center in Ely.
Would anyone complain if another “Rodentia” was trapped and eliminated in say, New York City? Would anyone allow rats and the snakes they attract dwell peacefully in your homes? Cockroaches, they are in the animal kingdom. Maybe if rats had flat, or fury tails they would get some love. Beavers reproduce just like rats, as they are big rats. The real problem is overpopulation of another species of animal. One that takes and consumes everything and contributes nothing back to the ecosystem. They destroy all systems they touch to make way for their own perceived needs, and leave poison in their wake.
We have taken away habitat for countless species that are like refugees, moving to where they have a chance to survive. Nature will ultimately thin out the bad players. The new Covid may just be the beginning. One species is the most Destructive of all, and contributes nothing, we do not even offer organic materials back to the soil, or feed detritus organisms, so if Mother Nature needs to balance, which one would she eliminate for the best of the whole?
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