Reform UK council backs release of beavers amid party row over rewilding

A Reform UK council has backed the release of wild beavers into the countryside, despite the party’s opposition to rewilding. The Reform-led Leicestershire county council has backed the release of the rodents as part of efforts to reduce flooding. The Labour government recently legalised the release of beavers in England, about 400 years after the animals were hunted to extinction for their fur and an oil they produce. …