Such A shame

Blimey.

That reminds me of the exploding toad incident. Crows learned how to precisely extract toads livers, avoiding the toxic skin. Without the liver the poor things just swelled up till they popped

 

Oh!

So, because the otters ate their fish (which I do understand is devastating) not only do the otters now have to suffer the consequences, but so now will the ducks, frogs, newts, herons, kingfishers and the snakes? And the local children who visited won't get to see the wildlife now either!

All the fish have been nabbed out of my pond too (by gulls!) ... fill in it?
No chance! It wasn't simply the fish which benefitted from it. It is now a "wild life" pond.

Ho hum; takes all sorts to make a world.

 

Agree with all you said Mum

Including journalists who may well have hyped this into a mag-selling-story

 

Googled for "thetford otter linda alan brown" - 13,600 results including dailies, BBC and ITV news, the New Zealand Herald ...

miles of negative feedback against the writer of the piece in local rags. Sorry, but I think it has more to do with "headlines sell news"

 

Totally agree; however, one also has to question if the Brown's were paid for their story/pictures, too.

In which case, it blows holes in their " ... it's not about the money".

Sour grapes, I feel.

Or, is this 'kite-flying' anti-otter propoganda?

 

Say what you like. If one keeps fish as I do (Koi) and they feed out of your hand, one can't help but feel some attachment....

 

I'm with you there Freddy, fish do have that awwww cuddly thing going for them don't they

 

Your moggies are out at 5 in the morning?

 

Excuse my ignorance, but should they not be kept indoors during the 'late' hours?

 

Indeed. But who's to say it was an otter? You go on holiday, come back, fish are gone, neighbour says something half ate them all but didn't want to bother you on holiday so cleared up all the mess for you ... strikes me anything could have happened. Might have been an otter of course ...