Beaver Patrol
The New York City Police Department SCUBA team took time off from their assigned task of guarding Pope Benedict to chase beaver - in the East River. No, really, they did.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police guarding the United Nations during Pope Benedict's visit on Friday made a rare discovery and rescue — of a beaver struggling to swim past the world body's headquarters.
Soon after the pope left the United Nations, police harbour and scuba units patrolling the East River spotted the four-foot (1.20 metre) long, 40-pound (18-kg) animal. Beavers have only recently returned to the city with the first sighting of one in more than 200 years made in February 2007.
We had no idea how dedicated the NYPD was to chasing beaver, but we have known enough cops in our time to be unsurprised by this. We were surprised that New York City was a hot spot for beaver, however. We thought that was only a Canadian problem.
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By Quilly Mammotj, Saturday, 19 April , 2008 @ 8:56 am
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By martian, Saturday, 19 April , 2008 @ 12:08 pm
Actually, chasing beaver has a long and venerable history in New York, especially in upstate New york where it was a major pastime when I was in high school. It was even bigger in some of the small towns where there was little else to keep young people occupied.
By Mockinbird, Saturday, 19 April , 2008 @ 12:15 pm
The Mockinbird loves The Beaver!