Pub customers shocked after beaver walks into bar before hiding in smoking area
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Man attacked by great white shark says he wants to hug it as it 'saved his life'The beaver, which we've nicknamed Estrella Dam (beavers build dams), was eventually enticed into a cage before being checked over by a vet where it was found to be healthy.Lindsay Newell, from Linjoy Wildlife Sanctuary and Rescue, then worked with Natural England and Staffordshire Wildlife Trust to transfer it to a specialist centre.She said she didn't believe the call at first and thought people had mistaken the beaver for an otter as they are rarely, if ever, found in the densely-populated Midlands areas.Lindsay added: "When one of our volunteers got there, lo and behold there was a massive beaver just casually sitting in the beer garden underneath chairs in the smoking shelter."We were a bit surprised to hear it was a beaver as we've never seen one up close and were struggling to believe a beaver would actually walk into a pub."But it didn't seem to mind being there at all.
He was relaxing on his back and giving himself a wash."It is certainly the first time we have been called out to rescue a beaver.
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