Otters in the News

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

• 25/08/10: Wiltshire: Otterly adorable: The tiny newborn pups being reared by humans after their mother was unable to care for them
• 23/08/10: Arizona: What ever happened to Verde otters?
• 23/08/10: Arizona: Verde otters earn their keep
• 22/08/10: Kansas: Zoo cares for many older animals
• 22/08/10: Scotland: Fears over otters at athletes’ village
• 21/08/10: Utah: 15 otters coming to Provo River
• 20/08/10: Canada: Paddling with otters in Kyuquot Sound
• 19/08/10: California: Shark-bitten sea otters a reminder that adult great whites are back
• 19/08/10: Minnesota: Rapids Lake center releases otter pair into wildlife refuge
• 18/08/10: New Zealand: Jin the escaping otter found dead
• 18/08/10: Wales: Poachers blamed after illegal net kills otter on Teifi
• 18/08/10: Berkshire: West Berkshire's rich wildlife captured
• 18/08/10: New York: New otters making a splash
• 17/08/10: New York: Otter Proves To Be Playful New Addition to Prospect Park Zoo
• 11/08/10: Arizona: Otter pups make public debut at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
• 08/08/10: New York: Baby Sea Otter FedEx'd To NYC Overnight
• 05/08/10: Minnesota: In otter words
• 05/08/10: Essex: Otters back at college
• 03/08/10: California: Research fund for endangered sea otters could end
• 03/08/10: California: California Sea Otters Mysteriously Declining Despite Protection
• 03/08/10: New York: Wild Center welcomes Remy
• 03/08/10: California: Rescued otter pup healing at aquarium
• 30/07/10: Michigan: Lansing's Potter Park Zoo euthanizes Shaq the otter
• 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

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