Otter (Lutra Lutra L.) Mortalities In Southern Bulgaria: A Case Study

Georgiev Dilian

Otter (Lutra Lutra L.) Mortalities In Southern Bulgaria: A Case Study

2007

Georgiev Dilian

Otter mortalities (n = 50) from Southern Bulgaria were analyzed. Among the mortality types, poaching was the most common cause of death recorded in this study (52% of all mortalities recorded), followed by road kill (10%) and drowning (8%). Killing of otters by dogs had the lowest impact (6%).Most of the otter mortalities (40%) came from areas with fish-farming activities – micro-dams and fishponds. In the second place were the regions of the large dams with 18% of all otter mortalities. The other locations provided lesser numbers of otter deaths.

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