Otter
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2020
224 pages
978-1-86189-893-7 (ISBN)
Description
Although rarely seen in the wild, the otter is admired for its playful character and graceful aquatic agility, which were established in the popular imagination through books and films such as Tarka the Otter and Ring of Bright Water. This, however, is just a small part of their story - throughout history the otter has also been widely hunted for its fur and to prevent it from killing fish. Today the thirteen species of otter face a range of growing challenges, and their survival is by no means certain.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
50 colour illustrations, 53 black & white illustrations
File size
19,59 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-86189-893-7 (9781861898937)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
Daniel Allen is a Lecturer in Geography at Keele University with expertise in human-animal relations and conservation, and the author of The Nature Magpie (2013).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to The New Edition
- One: Introducing the Otter
- Two: Folklore, Fables, Tradition and The Otter
- Three: Commercial Otter Hunting
- Four: Otter Hunting for Sport
- Five: The Literary Otter
- Six: The Otter on Screen
- Seven: Protecting The Otter
- Appendix: Otter Data
- Timeline of the Otter
- References
- Bibliography
- Websites and Associations
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
- Index
