Ecologists seek public help in looking for Indian otters
Live MintStarting Sunday, Wild Otters Research, a Goa-based organisation focused on small mammals, is launching Project Lighthouse, roping in citizen scientists to collate information on otters. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species range map, Eurasian otters are found in the Himalayan range and in parts of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka; Asian small-clawed otters are found in the Western Ghats and around the Sunderbans in the east; and smooth-coated otters are present in all rivers other than those in the northernmost states. “For instance, we heard a story recently that an otter pup in Gujarat was sold,” says Kshitij Garg, director and chief of communications, Wild Otters. Eurasian otters are found in Himalayan foothills, and hilly regions of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
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