![]() I have to eat even more when I’m pregnant. My metabolism requires that I eat one-quarter of my body weight each day in fish and crab and urchins. After I was reported for “aggressiveness” two years ago, state and Monterey Bay Aquarium officials yelled loudly at me to make me afraid of people. ![]() I was born in captivity and returned to the wild, with a number (841) and a transmitter for monitoring. So, don’t I have every reason to bite back? It’s the Human’s Fault There are only around 3,000 of us southern sea otters living off the California coast today because of mass slaughter by fur traders in previous centuries. Of course, deadly attacks on otters are a human tradition. Experts who study otters have raised the possibility that, if I’m ever accused of doing harm to a human, I’ll have to be euthanized - without a trial before a human jury, much less a panel of my fellow marine mammals.Īnd you thought Governor Newsom had put a moratorium on executions. California’s Plan For Me: Otter Injusticeīut it could get worse for me. The state’s plan is to capture me (they may have succeeded by the time you read this) and relocate me to a zoo or aquarium, placing me in front of audiences with little compensation-like actors in a Netflix show. Yet I, for spooking a few surfers, could lose my freedom. But c’mon! Human Californians can shoplift in Union Square and smoke meth in the Tenderloin without any real fear of imprisonment. Yes, I’ve bitten a few holes in some boards. Still, I’m being relentlessly hunted by state officials, as if I were a dangerous fugitive. She enjoys long swims on the beach, eating crabs, stealing surfboards and evading Fish and Wildlife.Īs of this writing, there are no confirmed cases of me hurting anyone. And I’m not just talking about the paparazzi who paddle out to take my photo.Īnother day another failed attempt to capture sea otter 841. ![]() The true aggressors in this otter’s story are all too human.
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