News — otter

Daniel celebrated #WorldOtterday yesterday, by striking a pose for us with his fresh catch of the afternoon. Please consider sponsoring one of our rescues during the pandemic or making your pre-registration for our volunteer program. Let's show the world how our planet will be. https://rarec.org/pages/our-residents PayPal: donations.for.rarec@gmail.com “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” -Paulo Coelho-

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Peru's largest newspaper recently featured a story about Daniel, the giant river otter. You can read the story here -- link in Spanish. The article casually mentions Bui, the manatee, as well. Both Daniel and Bui were rescued with the help of the Peruvian environmental authority, which entrusted RAREC with caring for and rehabilitating the rescued animals, for future release back into the wild. As the article reports, Daniel has recovered quite nicely. He's one of our most popular residents -- and one of our most demanding, as well. In nature, giant river otters...