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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by kingkawn on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:55PM (#30727403)
It’s because Europe has hunted to extinction nearly every large mammal on the continent that america seems shocking by comparison.
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Re:Beavers back in London after 400-year absence by zeristor on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:57AM (#30731766)
A large part is down to the trade in beaver pelts Hudson Bay company, and the Russian expansion into Siberia was in large part down to obtaining more beaver pelts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_fur_trade

Beaver pelts have been referred to as ‘soft gold’.

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