Numbers have doubled, with occasional attacks on humans and fish ponds prompting relocation efforts
Singapore authorities have an unusual source of mayhem on their hands: an exploding otter population.
Amid an upswing in interactions between the buoyant, hand-holding mammals and humans in recent months, the National Parks Board, known as NParks, is working to relocate the island’s 170 otters away from residential areas and otter-proof people’s homes.