Petition · past parliament

Bring back beaver.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

With climate change flooding will be a more frequent phenomenon. We need to stop heavy rainfall from causing damage to homes and crops.

Beavers can help with this effort. In spite of their reputation for causing floods by building dams, many small floods upstream prevent big floods downstream.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

There are already some beavers living in the wild in the UK. You can find out more here:

http://beaversinengland.com/

It is not therefore clear what action you would like the UK Government to take. You could start a petition asking the Government to take a specific action - for example, to provide funding or other support to increase the number of beavers in the wild.



Timeline

30 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
4 Jan 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jan 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.