After the last two posts, I thought it was time to celebrate the good that is happening in the world of wildlife conservation. In the middle part of the last century, river otters were extinct in Indiana due to overhunting. In 1995, a dozen or so otters were reintroduced to the state at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. Ten years later the river otter was removed from the state’s endangered species list and today otters are thriving in over 87 percent of Indiana’s counties, far surpassing the original goal. This guy was photographed several winters ago at Muscatatuck, sitting on the surface of a frozen lake after catching a fish. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens with Nikon TC-1.4 teleconverter (total of 550mm) ISO 800, f/7.1 at 1/320th of a second
The last word on d ‘Idiot/Coward/Child/Self Agrandising Smirker’ who killed Cecil the half tame lion by enticing him out of his reservation area is probably best left to Edward Abbey, a lifelong Environmentalist & author: “Whenever I see a photograph of some ‘Sportsman’ grinning over his Kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral & aesthetic superiority of the dead animal for the live one”
Con
(Apologies if this quote has been already posted)
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After the last two posts, I thought it was time to celebrate the good that is happening in the world of wildlife conservation. In the middle part of the last century, river otters were extinct in Indiana due to overhunting. In 1995, a dozen or so otters were reintroduced to the state at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. Ten years later the river otter was removed from the state’s endangered species list and today otters are thriving in over 87 percent of Indiana’s counties, far surpassing the original goal. This guy was photographed several winters ago at Muscatatuck, sitting on the surface of a frozen lake after catching a fish.
my be they need to incduce these creasurein the wild i, here, in the altice ocean or the pacife ocean. ?
A crisp and joyous day
The best Blue Moon celebration
A bite of sushi .
Thank you Sean and friends !
🙂 passed this one around the office!
Thanks Rachel.
Great shot, Sean. It looks like you must have been near eye-level with the otter.
Hi Sue, yes, I was lying face down on the ice for this one.
I love an otter, however I was expecting a moose.
I promise next week Gray. I needed more of a success story today.
The last word on d ‘Idiot/Coward/Child/Self Agrandising Smirker’ who killed Cecil the half tame lion by enticing him out of his reservation area is probably best left to Edward Abbey, a lifelong Environmentalist & author: “Whenever I see a photograph of some ‘Sportsman’ grinning over his Kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral & aesthetic superiority of the dead animal for the live one”
Con
(Apologies if this quote has been already posted)
Well said Con.