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The International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) was set up to protect and help the 13 species of otter worldwide through a combination of compassion and science. This organisation supports projects to protect otters, which will also ensure that we have a healthy environment for all species, including our own. Because the otter lives, feeds and plays on land and in the water and is at the peak of the food chain it is an ambassador species to a first class environment.
Eric van der Aa, a dedicated wildlife artist from The Netherlands, portraited an European Otter in watercolor.
The European Otter (Lutra lutra) differs from the North American river otter by its shorter neck, broader visage, the greater space between the ears and its longer tail. This fish eating mammal is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and Africa as well as being spread across Europe. It is believed to be currently extinct in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. They are now very common in Latvia, along the coast of Norway and in Northern Great Britain, especially Shetland where 12% of the UK breeding population exist. Ireland has the highest density of Eurasian otters in Europe. In Italy, they can be found in the Calore river area.
Eric van der Aa, a dedicated wildlife artist from The Netherlands, portraited an European Otter in watercolor.
The European Otter (Lutra lutra) differs from the North American river otter by its shorter neck, broader visage, the greater space between the ears and its longer tail. This fish eating mammal is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and Africa as well as being spread across Europe. It is believed to be currently extinct in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. They are now very common in Latvia, along the coast of Norway and in Northern Great Britain, especially Shetland where 12% of the UK breeding population exist. Ireland has the highest density of Eurasian otters in Europe. In Italy, they can be found in the Calore river area.
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