Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Обыкновенный бобр" in Russian language version.
Beavers never reached Ireland, so far as archaeology can establish. That could seem surprising, given all the other furry, edible animals – red deer, badger, fox, pine marten, red squirrel – that were most probably brought to Ireland by early settlers. "Unofficial" reintroductions continue today: illegal smuggling may account for at least some of the wild boar now regarded as invasive aliens (however native the animal may have been) and the muntjac deer, which certainly never belonged. The beaver would not tempt the modern hunter to smuggling, but other views of nature – or the local tourist trade – conceivably might.
Beavers never reached Ireland, so far as archaeology can establish. That could seem surprising, given all the other furry, edible animals – red deer, badger, fox, pine marten, red squirrel – that were most probably brought to Ireland by early settlers. "Unofficial" reintroductions continue today: illegal smuggling may account for at least some of the wild boar now regarded as invasive aliens (however native the animal may have been) and the muntjac deer, which certainly never belonged. The beaver would not tempt the modern hunter to smuggling, but other views of nature – or the local tourist trade – conceivably might.