Otters in the News

Making an executive decision, Otter Joy is no longer going to report news encouraging sport otter trapping. 22/02/05

• 21/09/06: Canada: Sea otters come back from brink
• 21/09/06: Washington State: Sea otters will take center stage this weekend at Point Defiance
• 21/09/06: Everywhere: Otters are Back in Business
• 20/09/06: Oregon: Oregon Zoo Keepers Highlight Sea Otter Conservation
• 19/09/06: Cornwall: Wildlife Veterinary Investigation Centre Newsletter: results of Otter autopsies
• 19/09/06: California: Otters get state protection
• 17/09/06: Oregon: Adore the sea otters at Newport
• 13/09/06: Somerset: Otter deaths stump wildlife trust
• 11/09/06: Somerset: Otter deaths stump wildlife trust
• 10/09/06: Oxford: Otters 'prompt vole resurgence' and
  10/09/06: Oxford: Our brave otters fight back against US mink
• 09/09/06: Texas: Bill, the energetic otter, dies
• 09/09/06: Texas: Bill, the energetic otter, dies
• 05/09/06: Durham, UK: Otter with a taste for ice cream
• 05/09/06: UK: Otter research gives insight into lead pollution
• 31/08/06: Vietnam: UNESCO to add Vietnam biosphere reserve to global list
• 30/08/06: California: Sea Otter Bill passes State Assembly, Senate
• 30/08/06: North Wales: Rescued otter cub sets off on long road back to the wild
• 30/08/06: Oxfordshire: Otters killed on roads shed new light on lead pollution
• 30/08/06: California: Farr urges Patience on Sea Otter Funding
• 29/08/06: Virginia: Possible rabid otter attack creates creature discomfort
• 28/08/06: California: Increase of shark-bitten otters 'not alarming'
• 27 & 28/08/06: Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire: Bertie and Belinda Otter at Slimbridge on Sunday and the Uffington White Horse Show on Monday
• 25/08/06: Minnesota: Zoo pins hopes on sea otter's star power
• 25/08/06: New Mexico: Otters on their way after game decision
• 20/08/06: North Dakota: Grad students seek to learn more about fisher and otter numbers in eastern N.D.
• 18/08/06: Michgan: Otters, arctic foxes get new digs at zoo; animal enclosures cost about $750,000
• 16/08/06: Northumberland: Otter Spotting at Etal 27th August
• 14/08/06: New Zealand: Jin the otter on the move again
• 12/08/06: California: Making a Safer Sea for Otters
• 06/08/06: Bahrain: Dolphin Park fire kills Marine Otter (Sea Cat) Otter Joy: Marine Otters are really rare- what a tragedy that this one was living alone with no chance of reproduction, and then died in such a careless way.
• 04/08/06: Florida: When otters attack! West Boca mom jumps in canal to save dogs
• 01/08/06: Tennessee: New otter features the signatures of 2,000 kids
• 01/08/06: Tennessee: Zoo acknowledges fourth otter wasn't sent elsewhere; it died
• 30/07/06: Tennessee: Otter sight, but not otter mind: Zoo officials not sure where slippery critter is
• 30/07/06: Somerset: On the otter trail
• 27/07/06: Yorkshire: It's getting otter but we're staying cool
• 25/07/06: Scotland: Work begins on £175 million M-way project
• 15/07/06: New Zealand: Dad's Jin trap gives Joachim a treat at the zoo
• 14/07/06: New Zealand: Zoo's runaway starlet back on show - first picture of Jin
• 13/07/06: Illinois: Baby otter makes splash at Shedd
• 13/07/06: New Zealand: Holiday crowds wait for Jin - includes video
• 12/07/06: California: Sierra Swimmers On Alert After Otter Attacks
• 12/07/06: Scotland: Controversial Otter Family Moves In
• 11/07/06: New Zealand: Cage doors close on famous fugitive Jin
• 10/07/06: California: Recreationalists treated for multiple otter bites
  Otter Joy: Mother otter murdered for defending her pup; pup probably also killed, all so people can entertain themselves without any need to consider the animals that live there.
• 10/07/06: California: Otters in new Coyote Point animal house
• 10/07/06: New Zealand: Zoo relieved as Jin the otter returns
• 10/07/06: New Zealand: Adventurer Jin returns Press Release from Auckland Zoo
• 10/07/06: New Zealand: Otter healthy but skinny
• 10/07/06: New Zealand: Jin the otter back behind bars
• 09/07/06: New Zealand: Fugitive otter recaptured
• 06/07/06: California: Monterey Girl Speaks Out About Otter Attack
• 06/07/06: Washington State: Sea otter on a stroll
  OtterJoy: looks like a river otter to me
• 05/07/06: Cumbria: Something Fishy going on at the Lake
• 05/07/06: Germany: They are bringing the Otter Back (in German) English Translation
• 05/07/06: New Zealand: Jin may be dwelling in mangroves
• 04/07/06: New York State: Otters play in wild Adirondack rivers - and at the Wild Center