Overview
- The beaver, which passersby found Sunday near a Bugasee footpath in Kassel’s Fuldaaue, was reported to police around noon.
- Officers noted severe abdominal injuries and said an intentional killing with a firearm cannot be ruled out.
- The carcass was sent to a laboratory, and the veterinary authority is conducting tests to determine the precise cause of death.
- Police opened inquiries under Germany’s nature‑conservation and animal‑protection laws and asked witnesses to come forward with weekend observations.
- Nabu’s Jan Piecha suspects a shooting, conservation groups plan complaints, and officials note beavers are a protected species now re‑establishing along the Fulda with several known territories.