Conservation measures for the Eurasian otter in the Czech Republic

Media work

Minimally two press conferences and one press release are planned to raise awareness of otter topics – illegal killing and road mortality.

Outputs:

30. 1. 2015 Press conference on illegal killing

A press conference on the seriousness of the issue of illegal otter killing in the Czech Republic has been organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, the Czech Police Service and the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic. For more information see the Radio Prague interview with Tereza Mináriková of ALKA Wildlife at http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/environment-ministry-joins-forces-with-ngos-to-combat-wildlife-poaching

3. 5. 2016 Press release on road mortality

More otters are killed on roads every year. New map application shows where are the critical places

16. 8. 2016 Press release on illegally shot otter

Otter shot by poacher in Oleksovice near Znojmo