Show death caused by beavers now new york in an attempt to avoid death in a I ailt it of bears joseph maher a gardner at the bronx zoo leaped from a falling tree into a beaver pond and was instantly killed the roots of the tree had been eaten away by the beavers be avera and when maher reached the top it gave way with his weight the falling failing trunk swayed toward the bear pit and the gardener tried to swing himself clear of the branches into the pond adjoining but his head truck struck the edge of the tank breaking ing his neck |