Lincoln Animal Control officers rescued a beaver in “rough condition” outside a liquor store on Saturday during frigid temperatures.
Manager Denise Bollwitt tells KLIN News they received a call from Lincoln Police around 5:15 p.m. that there was a beaver outside of Mum’s Liquor near 22nd and “O” Street.
“The officer went down there and noticed it wasn’t moving very well and was not in an area it should have been,” Bollwitt said. The officer picked up the beaver, snapped a photo, and transported it to the Nebraska Wildlife Rehab in Omaha for treatment. Bollwitt said the beaver wasn’t injured, but had visible ice crystals frozen to its fur. Temperatures at the time were around 2 degrees below zero…