Two beavers moved to the RSPB’s Gartocharn reserve as part of controversial plans to reintroduce the species to Loch Lomond have been killed by predators.
RSPB Scotland translocated a family group of seven beavers to the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve in January, despite fierce opposition from local residents, anglers and farmers.
Loch Lomond is only the third location in Scotland where a beaver translocation has taken place since a reintroduction trial at Knapdale in Argyll in 2009.
