A MontereyAq spokesperson answers some key questions about the infamous sea otter stealing surfboards along the Santa Cruz coast.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife says a 5-year-old otter has become a public safety risk. Kevin Connor from Monterey Bay Aquarium answered some questions.Wildlife officials are now monitoring and attempting to capture an infamous sea otter who has a thing for surfers.
Kevin Connor, spokesperson for Monterey Bay Aquarium, sat with ABC7 News and brought clarity to some unanswered questions:"This otter is a public safety risk because it is approaching people and behaving in a way that is atypical of other wild otters. Wild otters usually have a very strong survival instinct that gives them a healthy fear of human beings, and they keep their distance...
And she spent a year in the wild that was uneventful, and lived her otter life in the ocean, until we began to get reports that this otter was approaching people again in Santa Cruz. And at the time, it was not as escalated as it is now. It was an otter, going up to people, being curious about people and not really demonstrating the fear response that you want to see a wild animal have for its own survival. And over time, efforts were taken to stop that behavior to deter that behavior.
"After she arrives, our veterinary staff will examine her, hopefully get a clean bill of health. Then the decision-making will begin on where 841 will spend the remainder of her life. Unfortunately, this behavior has not changed. It has escalated and it is not safe for her to be in the wild for her own sake and the sake of people."
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