#Otterwatch2018

It’s a koi cull at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden in Chinatown! A murderous otter snuck into the garden over a week ago and began to chow down on the prize koi. These fish aren’t cheap either - koi can easily sell for $3-thousand dollars. A 3-foot, 3-inch long koi fish sold at auction last month for $2.8-million CDN!

So why don’t they just trap the otter? Well, officials tried however…

This isn’t the first time BC has had to deal with rogue animals:

In 2015, a deer was found wandering the streets of downtown Vancouver, grazing on grass amongst the skyscrapers. A couple years prior in 2011, a black bear popped out of a garbage truck on Georgia St at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

In 2014, an emu escaped from its home in Nanaimo. It was eventually captured at the Vancouver Island University.

In 2017, a wallaby went on the run in Langley. It hopped around for two days before finally being caught by police with a fishing net.

In 2015, a cheetah was spotted on Hwy 3, about 50 km northeast of Nelson. The cheetah was never captured and the search was eventually called off.

GUEST: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

Team otter

It’s a koi cull at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden in Chinatown! A murderous otter snuck into the garden over a week ago and began to chow down on the prize koi. These fish aren’t cheap either - koi can easily sell for $3-thousand dollars. A 3-foot, 3-inch long koi fish sold at auction last month for $2.8-million CDN!

So why don’t they just trap the otter? Well, officials tried however…

This isn’t the first time BC has had to deal with rogue animals:

In 2015, a deer was found wandering the streets of downtown Vancouver, grazing on grass amongst the skyscrapers. A couple years prior in 2011, a black bear popped out of a garbage truck on Georgia St at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
In 2014, an emu escaped from its home in Nanaimo. It was eventually captured at the Vancouver Island University.
In 2017, a wallaby went on the run in Langley. It hopped around for two days before finally being caught by police with a fishing net.
In 2015, a cheetah was spotted on Hwy 3, about 50 km northeast of Nelson. The cheetah was never captured and the search was eventually called off.

GUEST: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

Team otter