THE ENSLAVED OTTERS OF BANGLADESH - USED TO CHASE FISH INTO NETS

Free-spirited and highly intelligent otters enslaved and made to work for humans.

 

Bangladeshi tradition involves harnessing mammals up like reindeer as they chase fish into nets

• Fishermen in Narail, 130 miles from capital Dhaka, use the otters to lure fish into their nets
• In 25 years the number of families otter fishing has dropped from 500 to 150
• Expert Mohammed Feeroz fears that if the trend continues otter fishing will be 'wiped out' within 20 years
• The fishermen spend around half of their £150 earnings each month buying feed for the otters
• Rivers in the area are now short of fish because of water pollution and overcatching

Read more and see pictures -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2585932/Fishing-otters-Age-old-Bangladeshi-tradition-involves-harnessing-mammals-like-reindeer-chase-fish-nets.html

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