Roanoke – A female beaver, now about two years old, was released back into a Roanoke pond by the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center this week.
Rescuers first found her as a kit. She spent her first year of life at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center before moving to the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in Roanoke.
Because beaver kits typically stay with their parents for roughly two years, wildlife rehabilitators keep them in their care for the same length of time to mirror that natural process. Beavers are very social animals that need to be with others to thrive…