"Fingal", a Canadian otter, housed at the Scottish sea life sanctuary near Oban, which had escaped his enclosure 6 weeks ago has been recaptured.
Fingal escaped in November while being moved to a temporary enclosure, so that his enclosure could be modified for the arrival of 3 new animals.
He was spotted at the Connel bridge about 5 miles from the sanctuary, by a member of the public, staff from the sanctuary were alerted and hand fed him for a few days to gain his trust.
Then a trap was laid for him and he was sedated, but Fingal headed for the water, where a boat was waiting for him, and was netted and brought ashore.
At some point during Fingals escape, he had lost a chunk of his tail, possibly in a collision with a boats propellor, a fight with a wild European otter, or getting caught in a trap.
It was subsequently cleaned and stitched, and apart from losing a bit of weight he seems to be nonetheworse for his adventure.
Fingal lost his longterm partner Sula last year, will have the arrival of 2 male and 1 female otter to look forward to, they are being relocaed from an unnamed wildlife centre that has closed down (Mole hall i think).
Fingal escaped in November while being moved to a temporary enclosure, so that his enclosure could be modified for the arrival of 3 new animals.
He was spotted at the Connel bridge about 5 miles from the sanctuary, by a member of the public, staff from the sanctuary were alerted and hand fed him for a few days to gain his trust.
Then a trap was laid for him and he was sedated, but Fingal headed for the water, where a boat was waiting for him, and was netted and brought ashore.
At some point during Fingals escape, he had lost a chunk of his tail, possibly in a collision with a boats propellor, a fight with a wild European otter, or getting caught in a trap.
It was subsequently cleaned and stitched, and apart from losing a bit of weight he seems to be nonetheworse for his adventure.
Fingal lost his longterm partner Sula last year, will have the arrival of 2 male and 1 female otter to look forward to, they are being relocaed from an unnamed wildlife centre that has closed down (Mole hall i think).