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Until recently, tiptoeing through floodwater to get to work was par for the course for Londoners living around Greenford Tube station. The ticket hall frequently found itself inundated after a heavy downpour. Sandbags were routinely deployed. Nearby neighbourhoods also flooded.
It left the local council facing the daunting prospect of expensive engineering works to solve the problem – that was until beavers came along and apparently fixed the problem for free.
“Even in situations like on Monday, where there was really heavy rainfall, the area didn’t flood,” said Şeniz Mustafa, England’s first urban beaver officer, who witnessed the animals’ handiwork firsthand. “When they put their minds to it, they really get things finished.”
