Conservation measures for the Eurasian otter in the Czech Republic
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New volume of Bulletin VYDRA is published. Articles about actual
distribution, densities, illegal killing, road mortality, a case of
cancer and about new project are there.
The whole volume.
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New updated methodological brochure Otters and roads was published.
Otters and roads (pdf; 13 MB; in the Czech
language)
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New brochure about collection and analyses of otter carcasses in the Czech Republic is published. Brochure includes explanation of methods, interesting or preliminary results of analyses of otter carcasses. Otter carcasses could help us understand status of the otter population and also about health of our water habitats. Collection and...
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Eurasian otter is our biggest aquatic carnivore. Good winter – freezing temperatures and plenty of snow – enabled to organise otter census in the area of Orlické hory. Six adult animals and two juveniles are living in the 204 square kilometres large area. This result is comparable to numbers from...
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Dead otter was found in Oleksovice near Znojmo. Autopsy made by Václav Beran from ALKA Wildlife revealed, that the animal was seriously wounded by shooting and then hit by car. The otter was shot by 11 small shots and must have been wounded and suffering for days before finally, exhausted...
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Traffic kills more and more otters every year. About 50 dead otters are found every year on Czech roads and the number is continuously increasing. The reason is the increase in intensity of road traffic as well as barrier effect of roads that, when crossing a river or stream, do...
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One of the actions of the Czech National Otter Management Plan is a population surveillance and mapping. Estimation of otter abundance in selected core areas, serves for obtaining of various information. These are otter population density, abundance, structure and development of the population trend in these areas. The regularly updated...
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Dozens of otters living in the Czech Republic are killed by poachers every year, according to a survey carried out by ALKA Wildlife organisation. The organisation has warned that if the negative trend continues, the otter population in the Czech Republic would be seriously threatened. The 32 cases of otter...
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We have just launched a new project, targeted at the implementation of the Otter management plan. Otter is a beautiful mustelid carnivore, yet it is being poached in the Czech Rep. Also, otters are frequently killed on roads. We will try to target both issues within our project. Welcome to...
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