A beaver who was shot in the face and left at the side of the road by a cruel yob has been successfully released back into the wild. A member of the public found the adult rodent, named Fig, badly injured in the Perthshire area on January 15.
He was rushed to the Scottish SPCA’s National Wildlife Rescue Centre where staff discovered his top two incisor teeth had been destroyed after being blasted with a gun. Fig also suffered extensive facial wounds with medics unable to remove some of the bullet shrapnel due to the risk surgery posed.
After undergoing extensive rehabilitation, Fig’s teeth thankfully grew back and he has now been released alongside a lady beaver friend at the Argaty Red Kites Centre near Doune on March 18. National Wildlife Centre manager, Chris Hogsden, said, “He was shot in the face, taking out his top two incisors and wounding his face.
