IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 9 Pages 1 - 16 (March 1994)

Otter Zentrum Burns Down
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At the beginning of December 1993, the main building of the Otter Zentrum in Hankensbüttel, Germany, was completely destroyed by fire. Six years ago Aktion Fischotterschutz embarked on a project to establish an otter centre, which would not deal only with otters, but also other aspects of environmental conservation and environmental education. An energetic team under the leadership of Claus Reuther built the centre and embarked on a number of projects on conservation, habitat restoration, research, and environmental education (see reports on their activities in previous OSG Bulletins).

It was at the Otter Zentrum that many of us attended the 1989 Fifth International Otter Symposium, and I am sure that those of you that were there, or those that have visited the Zentrum on other occasions, will be shocked to learn of the disaster. We sympathise with our colleagues in Aktion Fischotterschutz and hope that they will soon be able to restore the Otter Zentrum.

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