Forest Fisherman: Story of an Otter

Year Published: 1972

Complete Record: A forest ranger relates the story of how he raise an orphaned baby otter, observing and examining its habits. At first the otter is isolated in a pen in the garden, but later he is released and quickly becomes friendly with a litter of puppies, teasing, hiding and romping with them. As summer deepens into autumn and the otter grows older, he becomes less interested in his playmates and more curious about things of his otter’s world. When winter comes, he is fully grown, and swims and plays in the cold springs of the highlands, hunting and fishing for himself. When spring arrives, the mature otter returns to the forest lake and to his own natural environment.