Rare 1950 Film Shows Parachuting Beavers
- 8 years ago
In the 1950 film, beavers are released from flying planes in boxes attached to parachutes.
An unusual video, dating back to 1950s, recently surfaced showing beavers being transported through the air—and parachuting to their destination.
The footage details the trapping and transplanting of beavers, muskrats and martens for population management.
Vicky Runnoe, a conservation education supervisor at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told ABC News that the project's aim was to "reintroduce beavers overpopulating in certain regions back to their original
An unusual video, dating back to 1950s, recently surfaced showing beavers being transported through the air—and parachuting to their destination.
The footage details the trapping and transplanting of beavers, muskrats and martens for population management.
Vicky Runnoe, a conservation education supervisor at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told ABC News that the project's aim was to "reintroduce beavers overpopulating in certain regions back to their original