- 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),
Addy de Jong, Melanie Haire, Dr. Carvalho Junior, Lionel LaFontaine,
Rodrigo Pinho Lopez, DMV, Geraldine Nidasio
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OZ Task Force Species Contacts
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To contact the captive species experts, please email iucnosgweb@yahoo.co.uk
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- Asian small-clawed otters
Jason Palmer
Sarah Duncan
- Eurasian Otter
Carol Heap
- Giant Otter
Tammy Schmidt
Dane Jorgenson
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Neotropical otter
Oldemar Junior Carvalho
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North American river otter
Christine Becker
Jan Reed-Smith
- Spotted-necked otter
Teresa Shepard
Randi Meyerson
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- Annual
Report 2008
- List
of Zoo Organisations
- Publications of the OZ Task Force
You are free to read and use these, but if you
re-use
the information in your own publications, please remember to credit
us. An example citation is:
Heap, C.J., Wright, L.C. and Andrews, L. (2008). Summary
of Husbandry Guidelines for Asian Small-clawed Otters in
Captivity. OZ Task Force, IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist
Group. 17pp.
- Useful documents made available by their
authors:
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North American River
Otter Husbandry Manual 4th Edition 2012
Section
1 : Taxonomy, Distribution, Status, Identification,
Behaviour, Reproduction ( PDF
2.6 MB )
Section
2 : Captive Management, Hand-Rearing, Nutrition, Health Care
( PDF
2.73 MB )
Section
3 : Enrichment, Training, Orphan Rehabilitation, Useful
Contacts, Bibliography ( PDF
2.39 MB )
Janice Reed-Smith, Editor
Still available :
3rd Edtion (PDF 5 MB) - contains elements not in 4th edition
such as Otters
in European Zoos, 1997 husbandry survey, Otter Tales and Legends
- 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 and Gustavo González
These documents are very large, so if you cannot download them, please
contact the Webmaster
to get a CD containing the whole set
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