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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho wildlife officials on Thursday approved expanding trapping for river otters despite widespread opposition. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted 6-1 to approve the plan that ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — Although river otter trapping season in Indiana typically ends March 15, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) prematurely ended the 2023-2024 trapping season due to ...

Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission has opened a public comment period for proposed changes to the state’s river otter trapping rules before its members vote on their final adoption. If adopted, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The river otter season harvest limit of 20 was reached today, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department (GFP) said. If a river otter is caught in an existing trap in ...

SEATTLE - State and federal wildlife agents are trying to trap the otter that attacked a boy and his grandmother as they were swimming in the Pilchuck River about 30 miles northeast of Seattle.

March 27 (UPI) --The Wisconsin zoo searching for a pair of escaped otters said one of the animals was nearly caught in a trap, but the attempt was foiled by a meddling raccoon. The New Zoo & Adventure ...

Dear Fish and Game Department, When I was walking on a trail at Sweet Pond with my grandmother and my sibling I saw an otter just barely peeking its head over a rock. It was an incredible experience ...