The beaver is back, nature lovers are happy. But sometimes there are arguments with the new neighbor. On a nibbling tour with the wildlife commissioner of the Berlin Senate Derk Ehlert.
He is on time. Derk Ehlert announced that he would appear at half past seven. Now the cell phone says 7:32 p.m., and a bundle of fur actually appears in the water. First the head and eyes, then the snout with a stick stuck in it. The beaver now wants to wake up, says Ehlert. He slept all day.
We are standing on a bridge in Berlin, with a carp pond and Charlottenburg Palace in the background, whose façade exudes a Tuscan atmosphere in the evening light. A few years ago, Angela Merkel was standing there somewhere, toasting Barack Obama on his farewell. Today we visit a beaver.