Overview
- Police say a wildlife camera recorded the man using a pitchfork to dismantle a dam on the Brandbach near Bad Endorf.
- Investigators allege he has been removing beaver dams along the stream for about five years and have opened a case under the Federal Nature Conservation Act.
- Officers found several large piles of branches, some heavily weathered, indicating repeated rebuilding attempts by the animals.
- The interventions temporarily exposed the entrance to a beaver lodge, leaving it without protection from predators, according to police.
- The suspect told authorities he cleared dams to keep water flowing, reflecting local tensions over water management where beavers engineer wetlands.