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Police remove ‘angry’ beaver from Barrie, Ont., road

An adult beaver appears in a file photo. Robert McGouey/Getty Images

BARRIE, Ont. – Police say officers had to remove an angry beaver that stopped traffic north of Toronto.

Barrie, Ont., police say they were called to a roadway around 9:30 p.m. last Friday where officers had to use batons to coax the beaver off the road.

They say the beaver came back onto the road, stopping traffic yet again.

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They say officers called animal control and then boxed up the rodent and released it back into the wild.

Police say local roads are safe again.

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