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Lontra canadensis
The range of the North American river otter has been significantly reduced by habitat loss, beginning with the European colonization of North America. In some regions, though, their population is controlled to allow the trapping and harvesting of otters for their pelts. River otters are very susceptible to environmental pollution, which is a likely factor in the continued decline of their n
Atlanta zoo
Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011
4 Comments
Correction. Those are Asian small clawed otters
Glad to help Ava! It took me a while to suss it - I was deleting & re-downloading photos for a while to get the order I wanted!
Thanks CornHolio! It is sad but the trend can be reversed - in England otters had all but vanished by the 1980's, but since then much effort has gone into cleaning up the rivers & now they are beginning to thrive again in parts of the country.
They are so cute!!! That's so sad that they're declining in their natural habitat.
KarenL, thanks so much for the advice you gave earlier on another spotting about being able to DRAG pictures around after "edit this spotting." That helps a LOT!