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IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 58 - 90 (October 2003) Call for Information Prof. Padma. K. Silva (Coordinator,
Otter Specialist Group, Asian region) asked me to contact you. Please
allow me to introduce my self. I am working on different aspect of
wildlife of Bangladesh during the last one decade. In the last few
years I am working on otters of Bangladesh with the fund from OSG
and Colombo Zoo, USA. I surveyed the Sundarbans and other areas for
otters. You might know that the fishermen in the Sundarbans use otters
for fishing. In south Asia, this is the only area where the ethnic
fishermen group uses otters for fishing. We studied socio-economic
condition of these ethnic fishermen, the fishing techniques with
otters and biology of otters in captivity. This century old traditional
practice is now under severe threat because of poor economic condition
of the fishermen, lack of education and awareness. Dear all, |
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