Nibi has lived with Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, since she was rescued as a baby, but the organization filed an emergency injunction against the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) after the state office told rescuers to release Nibi into the wild.

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.

The 2-year-old "diva" beaver is at the center of a Massachusetts legal battle that could force her release into the wild.

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Massachusetts has received an outpouring of support to keep a domesticated beaver named Nibi in its care.

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,

Nibi the Beaver, a social media sensation for nearly two years, will stay with her rescue group for now. The orphaned beaver was taken in by Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Sturbridge, Massachusetts at a very young age and has grown up there.