Mass Wildlife and Newhouse Wildlife Rescue were set to face each other in court. Gov. Maura Healey stepped in before the hearing.

This is a story about wildlife, about bureaucracy, about politics, about the internet. But, ultimately, it is a story about a beaver. It started two years ago when a baby beaver, just a few days old and weighing one pound,

Governor Maura Healey issued Nibi a permit allowing the 2-year-old beaver who captured the hearts of people across the country to stay at the rehabilitation where she’s lived most of her life.