Water boards combat tunneling muskrats and beaver rats
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Water boards combat tunneling muskrats and beaver rats

Dutch News  

Dutch water boards say they have increased their efforts to combat muskrats and coypu after their number spiralled following last year’s wet weather, catching nearly 68,000 last year. In 2024, the combined 21 water boards caught a total of 65,811 muskrats, some 15,000, or 29%, more than in 2023 while 1,862 copyu were trapped and killed, 13% up from 2023. The Netherlands has had no coypu population since 2013, with 95% of the invasive species caught at the border while the aim is to make sure no viable population of muskrats exists by 2034. That means that cross border agreements will have to be in place to make that happen, water boards spokesman Vincent Lokin said.

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Significant increase in captures of muskrats and coypus due to rising water levels
1 month, 1 week ago

Significant increase in captures of muskrats and coypus due to rising water levels

NL Times  

The Dutch Water Authorities caught considerably more muskrats and coypus last year. The authorities think that the high water levels in the winter and autumn largely led to the increase of muskrats and coypus. The rodents are also invasive species that do not naturally occur in the Netherlands and pose a threat to biodiversity, said the Dutch Water Authorities. “European …

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