‘Such A Canadiana Experience’ Bc Teen Rescues Baby Beaver From River Rapids

‘Such A Canadiana Experience’ Bc Teen Rescues Baby Beaver From River Rapids

From British Columbia comes the story of a teeny critter and a kind teen sharing a “Canadiana” experience.

Connor Belanger and his mother Liz were enjoying a summer tubing trip on a fast-flowing river when the pair heard a high-pitched squeaking sound. Liz was a few yards ahead, so Connor lowered his hands into the river.

Clawing its way up into his palm was a baby beaver, then just a week old they would later learn.

“It felt awesome,” Connor said with a smile. “And I felt super protective of it immediately.”

Obviously exhausted, the animal was breathing heavily, but eventually curled up inside Connor’s hands and went to sleep against the teen’s chest.

When the two returned to shore they marked where they’d been on a GPS and called around looking for someone who knew what to do whilst the baby remained ensconced in Connor arms.

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The family drove an hour and a half out of their way to the North Island Animal Rescue Association, which told CTV News that without the Belangers’ help there’s no chance the animal would have survived as it was only a week old and had likely been swept out of her den before mama beaver could retrieve her.

After a few weeks, “Little Timbre” is thriving, and currently practicing beaver skills on her way to a reintroduction into the same spot in the river where she was found 18 months from now.

“It’s such a ‘Canadiana’ experience!” Liz said. “If anyone is going to have this experience, it’s going to be Connor. He just has so much empathy for animals.”

Connor wasn’t the first young person to rescue a baby animal on a paddling trip down a Canadian river. Out in Alberta in July, two women were canoeing down the Kananaskis River, and encountered a mama horse whose baby was stuck in the water. The mare bolted, leaving the two women to rescue the foal, and carry it some hours down the river.

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