Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in.

Now that the immediate threat that Nibi would be released into the wild has passed, what’s next for the beloved 2-year-old beaver? Gov. Maura Healey said she “put a pause” on a plan by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife to return the animal to the wild on Tuesday after thousands signed an online petition to opposing the

The fight over the state of Massachusetts’ plan to release a 2-year-old beaver back into the wild went to court Tuesday. The animal has been living in captivity at a wildlife rescue center in Chelmsford,