Otters News Update - April / May 2008

Great news at the Otter enclosure! We recently started training the otters with a target stick.

Asian Short-Claw Otters are naturally very aggressive and despite the fact that Otto and his brothers have been born here at the sanctuary, we have been unable to get into the enclosure with them. Our Otters are used to have humans around them but are not tame as such. 		Otters
Rob, one of our aquarists, started some light training sessions last week to get the boys used to having someone in the enclosure with them. We must say, it is going incredibly well.

The boys are happy to touch the target stick with their noses and claim a delicious treat afterwards. The reason for training is, to give the Otters some environmental enrichment and also to help us if we ever need to handle one of them for medical reasons.

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