Volume 9 (2023). Contents: REPORTS: Asian Otter Conservation Network Report; African Otter Report; Team Otter Report; IOSF World Otter Day 2023; Otter Oscars 2022; Report of the first IOSF student research grant project: otter survey of the Isle of Barra, 5-17 June 2022. SHORT COMMUNICATIONS: Otters, warm water, bivalves, and harmful algal blooms; First breeding record of the smooth-coated otter in Hoor ol-Azim wetland in southwestern Iran, with notes on its intra/interspecific behaviour; On some recent sightings of smooth-coated otters from Pakistan; Unveiling the tragic tale of Mumbai’s otter, a victim of the pet trade: a case study; An unusual sighting record of Eurasian otter in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; First evidence of Eurasian otters in post-independence Bangladesh; The first photographic evidence of otter on the Isle of Wight 2022; PAPERS: Otter mortalities and the effects of road kill mitigation measures in the Isle of Mull, Scotland; A review of 30 years of rescue and rehabilitation of Eurasian otters in Scotland; Long term monitoring of Eurasian otters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland; People’s perceptions of the Eurasian otter conservation in Mugu District, Nepal; Conservation status survey of smooth-coated otters in Babai River of Bardia National Park, Nepal; Assessment of status and distribution of smooth-coated otter in Hyderabad and Medak of Yelangana, India.
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Volume 8 (2022). Contents: REPORTS: Asian Otter Conservation Network; African Otters; Team Otter; Malaysian workshop; IOSF World Otter Day 2021 and 2022; Otter Oscars 2021; IOSF Student Research Grant. SHORT COMMUNICATIONS: Otter survey of the island of Corfu 2021; Otter records in Myanmar; Malaysia Nature Society Otter Project: Safeguarding the Malaysian otters; The current status of the management of captive Asian small-clawed otters within the European region. PAPERS: Only south of the Ganges? On recent occurrences and distribution of smooth-coated otters in Bangladesh; Presence of evidence, and factors affecting distribution of Eurasian otter in the Pelma river, Rukum East, Nepal; The Central Asian otter in the western part of the Hissar Range in Uzbekistan; The perceptions of fishermen towards the conservation of spotted-necked otters and conflicts in riverine area of Ondo State, Nigeria; It’s otterly confusing: distinguishing between footprints of three of the four sympatric Asian otter species using morphometrics and machine learning.
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Volume 7 (2021). Contents: Asian Otter Conservation Network Report 2021; African Otter Report; Team Otter Report; IOSF World Otter Day 2020; Otter Oscars 2020; Community education in Lao PDR; Art as a conservation tool in the Mesopotamian marshes, Southern Iraq, using Maxwell’s otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) as an example; A review of trapping of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis); The otter (Lutra lutra) on the Isle of Wight, 2020; A study of the diet and distribution of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) on the Water of Leith, Edinburgh; Urban otters of Bucharest, Romania: threats and conservation; The diet of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in a southern Mediterranean aquatic environment; Distribution of the Mesopotamian otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) in Iran; Presence of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in selected wetlands of Thatta District, Sindh Province of Pakistan; Activity budgets and behaviour of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in a human-dominated landscape; Distribution, threats and community perceptions of otters in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal; Recent records of the endangered hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Volume 6 (2020). Contents: Asian Otter Conservation Network Report. de Silva, PK; African Otter Report; Conservation of threatened otters and their habitats in Guyana: workshop report; New sighting of the near threatened Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Tunisia; A study of the diet and distribution of the Eurasian otter in the Water of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland; Using artwork as a tool to raise public awareness for the conservation of Iraq’s smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli); Distribution modelling of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales; The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot; First record of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) from Chilika Lagoon – A Ramsar site situated on the East coast of India; Participatory monitoring committees: an opportunity for neotropical otter conservation in Mexico; Bridging the gap: preliminary otter (Lutra lutra) survey on the links between the rivers Dee, Don and Spey catchments, Scotland; A preliminary population estimate of the vulnerable smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli (Hayman 1956) in the Hawizeh Marsh in Southeastern Iraq with confirmed occurrence in the Hoor Ol-Azim wetland in Southwestern Iran; Existence of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the Ganges-Padma River basin area of Rajshahi, Bangladesh; Public perception of otters in South Korea; Obituary: Motokazu Ando.
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Volume 5 (2019). Contents: Asian Otter Conservation Network Report; African Otter Network (AON) and the Power Of One initiative; First photographic documentation of smooth-coated otter in Mahi River, Gujarat, India; Preliminary study on the occurrence, distribution and traditional knowledge of otters in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya; Towards a cooperation between the Eurasian otter and local people of Hima Anjar/Kfarzabad, Lebanon: A case study; Preliminary results of first-ever otter survey in Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Northern Ukraine; A survey of the Eurasian otter on the River Don, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2017-18; The Eurasian otter – A review of the current world status; The frequency and size of main prey items taken by the Eurasian otter on the Isle of Harris, Scotland; Recent records of the Eurasian otter in the Mercure-Lao River Valley, South Italy.
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Volume 4 (2018). Contents: Asian Otter Conservation Network Report; African Otter Network Yearly Report, March 2018; Conservation of endangered otters and their habitats in Laos through education and reducing illegal trade: Workshop Report; Too cute! The rise of otter cafes in Japan; Are Eurasian otters “flooding back”? Some preliminary observations and conservation measures on otter in Montenegro; Otter sighting at Vil Uyana, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka; Current status and conservation threats to otters in Nepal: A review; Mortality causes and body dimensions of otters determined by means of post mortem analysis in Hungary; An otter survey of the upper reaches and headwaters of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2017; A review of the distribution of records of albino otters.
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Volume 3 (2017). Contents: Developing the Nepal Otter Network; 2016, The Year of the Otter; Report on raising awareness of otters with fishermen and fish farmers in Tanzania; African Otter Network; Report on the Asian otters and wetlands training workshop in China; First photographic evidence of smooth-coated otter and Eurasian otter in Iraq since 1950s; A review of China’s otter conservation from the national wetland inventory; Status of smooth-coated otters in the Khauraha River of Bardia National Park, Nepal; The otter as an umbrella species in China; An otter survey of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2016; Illegal trade in otters in Asia.
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Volume 2 (2003). Proceedings of the European Otter Conference “Return of the Otter in Europe – Where and How?” Sessions: Recent developments in population trends of otters in Europe; Today’s threats to otter populations; Otter health and welfare; Otters in education and economics; Preparation for re-introductions; Re-introductions as a tool in conservation; Classical methods of research in otter biology; New methods; Open session – projects and proposals; Various poster presentations. Download IOSF_Journal_Vol2_2003 for details of papers in each session before opening individual papers in Conference 2003 Proceedings.
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Volume 1 (2000). Proceedings of the First Otter Toxicology Conference. Contents: Status of the Eurasian otter in Europe - a review; Role of pollutants in the decline of the otter; Diseases of otters in Britain; Survey of Danish free-living otters - a consecutive collection and necropsy of dead bodies; Ocular pathology in wild otters; Pollution and its effects on otter population in SW Europe; Distribution and population density of the otter and pollution of aquatic ecosystems in Belarus; Role of dieldrin in the decline of the otter in Britain - the analytical data; Review of current knowledge of PHAH toxicity and vitamin homeostasis in the Eurasian otter; Post mortem protocol for otters; DNA fingerprinting of otter spraint Shore; Integrated approaches to the analysis of contaminants in otters
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