Otter Petition

Otters are starting to wipe out are fisheries <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->
Please note that these photos are not very nice <!-- s:cry: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cry.gif" alt="" title="Crying or Very Sad" /><!-- s:cry: -->
http://www.shefforddaa.org.uk/pdf_files ... ictims.pdf

Please sign this anti otter petition and support your fellow anglers
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/abo ... tures.html

Cheers Medley

Not very nice at all man. Why they take such big fish then not eat them? arent they a protected species?

Got this off a Otter uk site

Otter

In-stream works may be required in otter habitat - these works were for a major refurbishment of a road bridge over the River Plym in Devon
Otters are fully protected under UK and European law and developments affecting otters or their resting places may require a European protected species licence before bank-side works can commence. Our experienced team of surveyors can undertake surveys at any time of year, so unlike many protected species, otter surveys are not seasonally constrained.

Mitigation depends upon the nature of the development, but in the case of habitat loss it might include habitat creation, possibly including construction of artificial 'holts' along watercourses. In the case of road schemes, there may be a need for steel 'ramps' to be installed above the high water level under bridges and culverts, to ensure otters are not forced up and onto carriageways at times of high river flow.


If they start clearing out the big fish from fisheries it will be a nightmare <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->

If thats the case then surly enviroment agencies and wildlife agencies should be looking to set up &quot;special habitats&quot; in wildlife parks for them away from anglers lakes and roads to protect the species then everyone is happy??????
Why does everything need to be so complecated in this country??? <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: -->

just a weekend in crawley where two otters have escaped from a council run wild life park,killed 4 20,s up until they moved to another lake just up the road, killed some in there,then moved over the m23 to another one,not council owned still waiting news on this one,think they will be trapped or shot.owner not happy with the council as no action was taken for 4 weeeks <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: -->

Think it might become a big problem at some stage <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: --> <!-- s:cry: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cry.gif" alt="" title="Crying or Very Sad" /><!-- s:cry: --> <!-- s:cry: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cry.gif" alt="" title="Crying or Very Sad" /><!-- s:cry: -->

Especially when they are a protected species.
Didnt something like this happen with cormarants a few years back before they changed the law. I know they werent taking such big fish but i have seen them take fish upto about 2lb.

This might be worse as you can see curums and they dont go for the bigger fish <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->

Found this interesting article on the net this morning.....
[url:2mcrsj8w]http&#58;//www&#46;gofishing&#46;co&#46;uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/October-2009/Angling-Trust-advisory-team-set-to-battle-otter-problem/[/url:2mcrsj8w]

Otters now move to Garden ponds and Koi!!!!

Time something was done <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->
[url:1hj5178y]http&#58;//www&#46;gofishing&#46;co&#46;uk/Angling-Times/Section/how-to/Coarse-fishing-advice/Fishing-Rigs/Search-Results/Carp-rigs/How-to-tie-the-Chod-rig-for-catching-carp-over-silt/[/url:1hj5178y]