Otters in the News

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

• 28/07/10: Gloucestershire: Baby otter makes rescue centre staff smile
• 26/07/10: Sabah: Endangered otter seen in Borneo
  [Otter Joy: This is hugely important news - the hairy-nosed otter is the rarest in the world]
• 22/07/10: Minneapolis: Good News About Minnesota's Environment
• 22/07/10: Florida: The cuddly killer: Urban otters caught sneaking into gardens to wipe out family fish ponds
  [Otter Joy: otters return to their original range, people bought costly fish while the otters aren't there, otters eat fat, slow, easy to catch fish.  Would you leave your wallet outside in your garden?  Fence the pond!]
• 20/07/10: Germany: Sechs Otter-Babys auf einen Streich (in German).
  English Version: Six baby otters on a spree!
• 17/07/10: Florida: Orphaned otter takes to water like she oughta
• 17/07/10: Colorado: River otters: a Colorado conservation comeback
• 15/07/10: Alaska: SeaLife Center sends sea otters to new homes
• 09/07/10: Netherlands: Grote rivieren weer schoon genoeg voor otter (in Dutch).
  English Version: Large rivers clean enough for otter
• 09/07/10: California: American Sea Otters Could Be Worth $700 Million in Carbon Credits
• 05/07/10: Illinois: River otter population bounces back from endangered list
• 03/07/10: Northumberland: Funding boost for declining otters in North East
• 03/07/10: California: Animal Rescue Team offer Reward in Sea Otter Death
• 02/07/10: Washington: Sea otter diva won't emerge soon at Point Defiance
• 02/07/10: Scotland: Help find poachers, say police as otters found dead in net
• 01/07/10: California: Defenders of Wildlife offer Reward to find Sea Otter Shooter
• 01/07/10: Northumberland: River Tweed otters killed in poaching net
• 30/06/10: California: Sea otter shot to death in Morro Bay
• 30/06/10: Chile: Otters In Southern Chile Help Halt The Invasion Of Minks
• 29/06/10: Tennessee: Rare July Snowstorm Forecast at the Tennessee Aquarium
• 29/06/10: Norfolk: Oscar the otter to promote Norfolk tourist attraction
• 27/06/10: Pennsylvania: Otter Chaos
• 26/06/10: Viet Nam: Kien Giang gets UNESCO certification
• 24/06/10: Canada: Research team studies health, foraging behaviour of sea otters
• 24/06/10: Northumberland: Otters benefit on Pow Burn
• 23/06/10: Cheshire: Otter caught on film in fish pass
• 21/06/10: India: Otter in city canal attracts huge crowd
• 20/06/10: Pennsylvania: Outdoors with Jim Collins: River Otters
• 20/06/10: Indiana: Otter home coming to Potawatomi Zoo
• 18/06/10: Guyana: Giants of the Rewa Head
• 16/06/10: Indiana: River otters returning to Indiana
• 15/06/10: Devon: What were hunters doing beside river?
• 15/06/10: Alaska: Project underway to count sea otters throughout Southeast Alaska
• 14/06/10: California: Wayward otters cause coastal havoc
• 14/06/10: New York: Otter exhibit enhanced at Wild Center
• 13/06/10: Virginia: Along the Blue Ridge Parkway: Peaks of Otter Lodge Really Has An Otter
• 11/06/10: England: On the trail of the otter
  [Otter Joy: about Lutra lutra, illustrated with a beautiful Aonyx cinereus]
• 11/06/10: Surrey: Bring back otters to the county
• 11/06/10: Yorkshire: Otter deaths: Farmer's concern at Environment Agency's response
• 10/06/10: Alaska: Alaska Airport to Annoy Otters
• 10/06/10: California: See river otter pup at the Beardsley Zoo
• 09/06/10: Connecticut: See river otter pup at the Beardsley Zoo
• 08/06/10: Indonesia: Nessie, Asian Short-Clawed Otter
• 07/06/10: Indiana: Potawatomi Zoo about to break ground on otter exhibit
• 06/06/10: Surrey: Surrey animal lovers urged to adopt an otter
• 05/06/10: Avon: June's Avon Wildlife Trust update with Pat Ellingham
• 05/06/10: Gloucestershire: Can otters smell underwater?
  [Otter Joy: illustrated with beautiful Beenie, the Asian Small-Clawed Otter. The article is about Eurasian Otters..]
• 04/06/10: India: 20 wild animal skins seized in Uttarakhand
• 04/06/10: North Carolina: WNC Nature Center names new otter Obi Wan
• 02/06/10: Alaska: Saving 3 pounds of furry, fluffy joy
• 01/06/10: Florida: 'Josh the Baby Otter' educates children
• 30/05/10: Connecticut: At Beardsley Zoo, if it's not one thing, it's an otter
• 28/05/10: Yorkshire: Otters die at High Eske Nature Reserve after getting trapped in illegal fishing nets
• 27/05/10: Washington: Otter that survived Exxon Valdez is euthanized
• 27/05/10: Oregon: Oregon Zoo gives rescued river otters a home
• 27/05/10: Japan: Nemuro otters charm tourists, vex fishermen
• 26/05/10: Isle of Man: Wildlife Park's Canadian otter is recaptured
• 26/05/10: Utah: Utah river otter relocation project taking hold
• 26/05/10: Iraq: Dante's hell for animals?
  [Otter Joy: Skins of otters being used to make pouches for drug smuggling]
• 25/05/10: Washington: Otter at Seattle Aquarium knows all about health effects of oil spill
• 25/05/10: Scotland: Mystery over 'friendly' otter cub found in Glencoe
• 24/05/10: Alaska: Baby sea otter finds new home
• 22/05/10: Isle of Man: Appeal for sightings of missing otter
• 20/05/10: California: Otter habitat, animal care center make a splash at Aquarium
• 20/05/10: Cumbria: New Carlisle bypass route kind to city's creatures
• 18/05/10: Canada: River otters delight Westsyde residents
• 16/05/10: California: Monterey Bay Aquarium: Leave stranded otters alone
• 16/05/10: Cornwall: Rescued otters being killed after release back into wild
• 15/05/10: Gloucestershire: Filming a wildlife programme with my sons
• 14/05/10: North Carolina: Help me, otter, you're my only hope
• 11/05/10: Scotland: SAC Vets Pay Tribute to Bute’s Gourmet Otters
• 10/05/10: Ireland: Fishing club members discover illegal coarse nets in Co Westmeath
• 09/05/10: London: Edwin Landseer's Otter Speared: rare display for 'gruesome' painting
  [Otter Joy: a vile picture of a vile 'sport' but an awful warning to us in the UK of what the pro-hunting lobby want to bring back]
• 08/05/10: Washington: Otter named Mother of the Year at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo
• 07/05/10: California: Surrogate-reared sea otters released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium give birth to their second pups
• 06/05/10: North Carolina: Vote for your favorite name for WNC Nature Center's new otter
• 05/05/10: Tennessee: Flooding take its toll on non-human lives
• 04/05/10: Oxfordshire: Wildlife site could be home to otters
• 03/05/10: New York: Binghamton Zoo: Mothers Day Event
• 03/05/10: Devon: Otters eating too many fish, says Labour campaigner

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