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In charge of the venture is Can Canada's Canada's Canada's Canadas ada's adas ' beaver man , Grey OwlGrey OwlGrey Owl OwlGrey Grey Owl likes hkes beavers He has hasthem hasthem hasthem them In to lunch , he takes them on onhIs onhis onhis hIs travels Grey Owl feeds baby babybeavers babybeavers babybeavers beavers milk from a syringe syrmge , he hehkes helikes helikes hkes likes the young beavers wet on his hisknee hisknee hisknee knee He lets them build bul1d their house houseIn houseIn houseIn In his cabin cabm , and delights when they theychew theychew theychew chew the legs of his chaIrs chairs.Helps chairsHelps . Helps Beavers Bu Build d . Grey Owl decided that it if the beav beav- beavers beavers beavers - - ers were once more to be numer numer- numerous numerous numerous - ous they must overcome their fear fearof fearof fearof of mankind manklnd . . Here is how he started to culti culh- culh culhvate culti- culti cultivate cultivate - - vate the beavers ' confidence Whenhe When Whenhe Whenhe he saw the animals having difficul dIfficul- dIfficulties difficulties difficulties - ties with extra large trees , his lus axe axecut axecut axecut cut through the timber hmber quicker than thantheIr thantheir thantheir theIr teeth The beavers found trees treeschopped treeschopped treeschopped chopped down for them ready readj ' to touse touse touse use m in building bwldmg their houses They Theyfound Theyfound Theyfound found a man actually helping helpmg them themconstruct themconstruct themconstruct construct dams , plug the dlfficult difficult dlfficultplaces difficultplaces difficultplaces places , make their houses water water- waterproof waterproof waterproof - proof Grey Owl's Owls ' ' wife , Anahareo Anaharcotaught , taught the beavers to come at her hercall hercall hercall call . Beavers swim out to her hercanoe hercanoe hercanoe canoe Wherever Grey Owl and andAnahareo andAnahareo and"Anahareo andAnahareo Anahareo " Anahareo go for the Canadian gov gov- government government gov- gov government - - ernment the they ; } ' in m this way help the thebeavers thebeavers thebeavers beavers of their new locality , . teach teachthem teachthem teachthem them to trust manWhere manWhere man manWhere Where they found Injured or or- or orphaned orphaned or orphaned - phaned baby beaver they nursed nursedand nursedand nursedand and fed them They found beaver beaverliked beaverliked beaverliked liked apples and boiled nee rIce , in m addition addi addi- addibon addition - tion bon to their natural food of wIl- wIl wIllow willow v/il-lov/ v il lov villovshoots / - low / shoots and leaves Grey 0\\1 0 1 Owl 01found Owlfound Owlfound \ found that the beavers cry like hu- hu humans humans hu humans - - mans , that their voice registers feel feelings feelings feelings ings with inflections mflectlons easy to inter mter- mter inter- interpret mterpret interpret - pret , , that beavers have the simpler simpleremotions simpleremotions simpleremotions emotions , show gratitude and aflec-tion aflec tion aflectionChanges affec- affec aftec- aftec affecuon aftection - uon tion uonChanges tionChanges Changes Working Workmg ? 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To further aid in studying studymg the thebeaver thebeaver thebeaver beaver . , Grey Owl has been able to tochange tochange tochange change the beaver from a mght night mghtworker nightworker nightworker worker to a day worker so tha that thatcameras thatcameras t tcameras cameras could film the little ani ani- ant- ant animals antmals animals - mals m in action Due to Grey Owl's Owls Owl'sperseverance Owl'sperseverance Owl'sperseverance Owlsperseverance ' ' perseverance with these ammals animals animalsnumerous , numerous government films have havebeen havebeen havebeen been made to show the necessity of ofsaving ofsaving ofsaving saving the beaver from constant constanthuntmg constanthunting constanthunting constanthuntingThe huntmg hunting huntmgThe huntingThe The results are already showmg showing showmgafter showingafter showingafter after Grey Owl's Owls ' ' few years of work workwIth workwith workwith wIth the beavers for the CanadIan CanadIangovernment Canadiangovernment Canadiangovernment government . . In all the game pre pre- preserves preserves preserves - serves where he has operated operatedbeavers operatedbeavers operatedbeavers beavers are reported on the m- m in- in mcrease increase in increase - crease , and where his system has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been applied appl1ed in other sections of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Dominion Dommlon the results are equal equal- equally equally equally - ly promising promlsmg In addition waterfowl waterfowlWhiCh waterfowlwhich waterfowlwhich WhiCh have found in recent years yearsd yearsdifficulty yearsdifficulty d difficulty I culty In finding findmg marshes for fornestmg fornesting fornestmg nestmg nesting , , have been more numerous numerousin numerousIn numerousin in the parks where Grey Owl has hasoperated hasoperated hasoperated operated , . shov/ing shov ing showing / that beaversthrough beavers , through their dam building bullding , create createsufficIent createsufficient createsufficient sufficIent seepage near marshes marsheswhich marsheswhich marsheswhich which v/ould v ould would / otherwise have dried driedup driedup driedup up in recent drouth years , . |