%0 Journal Article
%T Otters Caught in Traps: A Minor Problem or the Tip of an Iceberg?
%A Mia Bisther
%J IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
%D 2011
%I IUCN Otter Specialist Group
%X In Sweden, only four otters have been reported killed in mink traps during the last three decades. But one third of 1 024 traps found during otter surveys 1989-2010 were illegally constructed. The most frequent incorrectness was a too large entrance hole of the trap. This considerable increases the risk for otters to get caught in traps. There is a need for changed regulations as well as better information about trap selectivity.
%K otter (Lutra lutra)
%K mink (Neovison vison)
%K illegal traps
%K non-selective traps
%U http://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/Bulletin/Volume28B/Bisther_2011.pdf