Activity

If an otter is going to be in captivity at all, the best “enrichment” is the companionship of fellow otters. Was this otter in the enclosure alone, as the article implies? If so, that in itself is a serious welfare violation for such a social animal.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35604300

'Unauthorised trousers' kill Canadian zoo's otter - BBC NewsCanadian zoo staff disciplined after animal drowns inside pair of trousers.