OPINION - London should copy Mumbai: how rewilding can make us love our city again

London is embarking on a rewilding journey. The lower reaches of the Thames are, for the first time in centuries, a place to spot seals in abundance, clouds of seabirds, teeming fish, dolphins and even whales. Beavers, carefully reintroduced at Enfield and at Ealing (where they were released by the Mayor himself), are weaving their watery magic and fascinating locals who pass by in their hordes to see what’s going on. More beavers will surely come to transform the smaller streams that meander down through the suburbs and the city.