It's good news for the beavers which had set up home on the River Otter in Devon. Devon Wildllife Trust (DWT has received the results from the beavers' blood test for bovine tuberculosis much sooner than we expected to receive them and all the beavers are free of bovine TB.

The DWT said: "This is excellent news, and brings us much closer to being able to return the beavers to the river Otter under the terms of our release licence from Natural England. We still await the remaining test results but hope to have them all back soon."

The five beavers had been successfully trapped by the Defra Agency APHA and temporarily homed them (two adult pairs and one kit). The beavers are still in Devon, they are being housed in family groups and being fed on a natural diet of willow supplemented with fruit and vegetables. They are bedded on wood chip and have access to water and artificial lodges and appear to be comfortable in their new short-term housing and are feeding well.