Animals
Otter babies settled in well at wildlife station
Harvey and Hazel have settled in well at the wildlife station in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop. photo
© Katharina Erdmann/Wildlife and Species Conservation Center/dpa
Their names are Harvey and Hazel, they weigh only 900 grams and have a keen appetite: two small otters are the new guests at a wildlife station in Schleswig-Holstein.
Two baby otters that were recently found without their mother are in one Wildlife station in the Pinneberg district in Schleswig-Holstein is well settled. “They have a keen appetite, are growing and gaining weight,” said Katharina Erdmann from the wildlife and species conservation center in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop. Harvey and Hazel – as they are called – now weigh around 900 grams. The male and female, presumably siblings, are said to be around seven weeks old.
A walker found the puppies alone on a path in Niebüll in the Nordfriesland district. There they would have shouted loudly for hours. “You will stay with us for a year,” reported Erdmann. In the station, which is financed by donations, they are supposed to learn species-appropriate behavior so that they can be released back into the wild.