Third, Perhaps Last, of Beavers Captured
From Times Wire Reports
A third--and possibly the last--of Washington’s cherry tree-chomping beavers was trapped near the Tidal Basin, scene of the critters’ alleged crimes against the nation’s horticultural heritage. “We have the male,” said Michele Adcock Gann, reporting the capture of the largest of three toothy rodents taken into custody in the last four days. The beaver will be taken to a new home at another patch of federal water in the District of Columbia, officials said.
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