
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 13, 1995                   TAG: 9508140092
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C9   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

CONDEMNED BEAVER GETS PARDON FROM GOVERNOR

A beaver whose death warrant was signed by Fairfax County officials got a pardon from Gov. George Allen on Thursday.

``We can save the life of Mr. Beaver,'' said Melissa Dickie, a spokeswoman for Gov. Allen. ``The logistics are still being worked out, but we can save him.''

Fairfax officials had ordered the beaver's execution after he created a problem for four years by felling trees in the Burke Lake neighborhood.

Officials will continue hunting for the rodent, but if he is caught, he will be moved to a rural location, instead of the lethal injection fed-up local officials had planned.

Fairfax Supervisor Elaine N. McConnell, an animal lover who represents the district where Mr. Beaver and his family have been felling trees, will take the animal to her Page County farm if he is captured.

- Associated Press

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