The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches was resolved when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi.

If you've seen the video that made Nibi the beaver famous, you're not alone. The governor of Massachusetts has, too, along with some 10 million other people. And it turns out that video, in which a young Nibi builds a dam at Chelmsford's Newhouse Wildlife Rescue to keep a roommate from returning,