OZ: Otters in Zoos, Aquaria, Rehabilitation, and Wildlife Sanctuaries
Latest additions:
Summary of Nutrition Guidelines for Otters in Zoos, Aquaria, Rehabilitation, and Wildlife Sanctuaries added 16th January 2012
Summary of Veterinary Care Guidelines for Otters in Zoos, Aquariums, Rehabilitation, and Wildlife Centers added 15th January 2012
- Mission Statement
- Composition of the group
- The group consists of a number of core members with various advisors. These are organised into various taskforces covering issues such as specific species husbandry, rehabilitation and so on.
- The core membership are:
Jan Reed-Smith (Chair), Lindell Andrews, Sarah Duncan, Carol Heap, Heinrich Krüger, Lionel LaFontaine, Katrin Ruff, Sheila Sykes-Gatz, Aleš Toman, Heike Weber, Lesley Wright, Grace Yoxon
- Annual Report 2008
- List of Zoo Organisations
- Publications of the OZ Task Force
- Useful documents made available by their authors:
- North American River Otter Husbandry Manual 3rd Edition
(PDF 5MB)
- Asian Small-Clawed Otter Husbandry Manual (1998)
Dusty Lombardi and Jenny O'Connor (PDF 1.2 MB)
- International Giant
Otter Studbook
Husbandry and
Management
Information and
Guidelines 2nd Edition (2005)
Sheila Sykes-Gatz (PDF 4MB)
- International Giant
Otter Studbook 2nd Edition July 2011 (data valid to 1st July 2011)
Sheila Sykes-Gatz and Volker Gatz (PDF 4 MB)
- Hand Rearing 1.1 Asian Small Clawed Otter (Amblonyx cinereus) 21 February 2007 through 2 July 2007
Terry Webb (PDF 31 KB)
- Optimizing the Nutrition of Captive Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra)
Katrin Ruff (PDF 550 KB)
- Enrichment 2004
(PDF 141 KB)
- Husbandry Guidelines: Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
Alfred Melissen,
Otterpark Aqualutra,
August 2000 (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Minimum Husbandry Guidelines for Asian Small-Clawed Otters in Captivity
March 2008 (PDF 194 KB)
- Minimum Husbandry Guidelines for
Smooth-Coated Otters in Captivity
August 2008 (PDF
328 KB)
- Nutritional and
energetic studies on captive Eurasian otters (Lutra
lutra)
Dr. Katrin Ruff, 2008 (PDF 147 KB)
- Strategies for the Conservation of the Giant Otter in the Meta Department, Colombia, South America
(includes details of husbandry of orphaned giant otters rehabilitated and released into the wild)
Fundación Zoológica Colombiana (Dr Ivan Rubiano et al), 2009
(PDF
1 MB)
- Caring for Selected Otter Species (Asian small-clawed, Cape clawless, Nearctic, and spotted-necked otters) Version 3 December 2009
Jan Reed-Smith, Celeste (Dusty) Lombardi, Kim Lengel, Barb Henry, Gwen Myers, D.V.M., Jessica Foti, and Juan Sabalones, 2009
(PDF
1.8 MB)
- Care of Neotropical Otters (in Spanish)
Geraldine Nidasio
These documents are very large, so if you cannot download them, please contact Lesley to get a CD containing the whole set
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