Unclear who took 'Justin Beaver' as FVRD is grateful for the stuffed beaver's safe return

CHILLIWACK (NEWS 1130) – It was a tense few days for folks with the Fraser Valley Regional District after the disturbing discovery last week that Justin Beaver was missing.

Luckily, there is a happy ending to this story.

In super serious news… @FVRD1 says Justin Beaver has been found. He was dropped off at their officers earlier this afternoon. Staff don’t know where or who found him. He went missing last week. pic.twitter.com/WBE61TZTdS — Sonia Aslam (@SoniaSAslam) April 26, 2018

The beaver isn’t alive. It’s a taxidermy beaver that is part of the organization’s interpretive program for their regional parks. It vanished from the Cheam Lake Wetlands during during a field trip with some local elementary school students.

Jennifer Kinneman with the district says just as staff were giving up hope, the beaver suddenly reappeared.

“This just in, I guess. He was turned into the District of Kent to one of our municipal partners and we had said all along, ‘no questions asked,’ and so we’ve asked no questions and Justin came back to our office.”

He was dropped off by someone at about 3 p.m. and, as Kinneman mentioned, staff didn’t ask anything of that individual.

“We don’t not post a reward for Justin. That said, we did, as a result of the very broad media interest in this story we did have quite a few phone calls from people. One in particular was really lovely. A couple from Vancouver Island called and they so happen to have a taxidermy beaver and offered to donate it to us to replace Justin. So, Sidney has now become part of our program and now Justin has returned, so now we have two beavers and Justin has a friend.”

The second beaver was named after the community of Sidney north of Saanich. “You should always have a spare,” chuckles Kinneman. “We’ll be keeping a pretty close eye on Justin and Sidney.”