If you found yourself on Union Street Sunday evening, you may have come across a group of people following a surprisingly large beaver down the road.
It was an odd sight, to be sure, but there was a reason for it.
The rodent was first spotted on King Street. Some people took photos of it. Others, concerned for the animal’s safety, decided to follow it and try to help it.
They followed it down King to Union Street – where they boxed it in on a front lawn and called the authorities.
Joy Huggins, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator with Wildlife Haven Waterloo, showed up a few minutes later.
“I think it was so out of its element,” Huggins said in an interview.
“It seemed very scared.”
With the help of one of her volunteers – someone who just happened to be in the middle of her first shift with Huggins’ group – Huggins was able to get the beaver into a cage, into her car, and back to her home.
“It’s a good feeling to know that you’ve done a good thing for somebody that needed help,” Huggins said.
The beaver remained in Huggins’ care for most of the week, but will soon be sent to a sanctuary north of Toronto.
