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Beavers and Our Law
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“The Fish and Game Act provides that a private landowner may destroy
beaver by any means at any time of year if the beaver are causing damage
to his property.”
BEAVERS WHO HAVE COME TO ASPEN VALLEY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
MacGregor - He came from a campground on Ravenscliffe Road, near
Huntsville. The owners did not want the lodge in “their” stream, so they
poured gasoline on it and set it on fire. Two kits managed to escape.
The men killed one with a shovel. A passing woman managed to save the
other and brought it to us.
Quibble - He was born in a lodge at the back of farm property near
Orillia. The owner blew up the lodge with dynamite. Barely a week old,
Quibble was thrown free - and was found by two children playing not far
away. They brought him to the Sanctuary.
Quinty and Quimber - road builders near Ottawa wanted to start work
early in the season. Though their action would, with certainty, cause
the death of the beavers, they blew up a lodge. The Ottawa Wildlife
Centre went searching for any survivors and found two kits. The rest of
the family was dead.
Quetico - a developer, near Ottawa, destroyed the lodge in early
spring, when the kits had just been born. Two kits were rescued by the
Ottawa Wildlife Centre - and given to us.
The Pond Beavers - their lodge, near Trenton, was dynamited in
November, when the beavers would have their winter food supply in and be
settling down for the cold. They were found huddled under a bridge and
starving to death. Brought here, they settled in for the winter and in
the spring built us a wonderful pond in our valley.
Tattertail - Found on the grounds of Ontario Place, Toronto, she was
full of buckshot and her tail ripped and torn. She had been bothering
someone . . . . she came here, recovered, adopted Chinook, and now lives
free.
Chinook - his parents built their lodge on Gull Lake, near
Gravenhurst. Humans didn’t want it there and destroyed it with dynamite.
Chinook, about one week old, swam alone for about thirty six hours
before he was found, starving, burned, and suffering from concussion. A
great deal of intense nursing ensured his survival. Then Tattertail took
over - and they both live free.
Burbur - a kit from Manitoulin Island - orphaned in a dynamited
lodge, removed to construct a logging road.
Nipissing - from the Ottawa area - lodge dynamited to construct a
golf course.
Nipigon - Sault Ste. Marie area - lodge dynamited.
Benny - from the Collingwood area - lodge destroyed so humans could
play golf.
These beavers, along with many other rescued kits, received care at
Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. They were released in carefully chosen
locations. Follow-up indicates they did survive and lived useful lives -
and good lives.
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