Animal Lovers

Recently a baby otter of the Marina 9 family (so named by Singapore’s otter watching community) was separated from his family. He was only six weeks old. Patrick Ng, a retiree who lives in the area, witnessed the little baby struggling to stay afloat in the waters. So he did the only thing that he could do — Patrick dove into the water to save the baby. The otter, named Toby, was taken to the Wildlife Reserves Singapore , and there they gave him all the care and attention that he needed to grow and be healthy. The bottle fed the tiny pup until he was big enough to take care of himself. Then, of course, it was time to return Toby to the wild. So, they loaded him up and took him out to a beach, and when he was released his whole family came running up to him! Take a look at this reunion! They were overjoyed to find their baby alive, and it was a teary reunion for all involved! Share away, people!

Finding an abandoned baby can set our protective modes into overdrive. We don’t understand why someone would abandon the defenseless creature, but we have to do the best we can in order to make sure that they get everything they need. And this baby couldn’t have asked for a better rescuer. An expert who worked at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was walking by his home when he heard the sound of crying and went to investigate. What he found was an abandoned baby otter with no one to take care of it. He gathered the baby in his arms and walked up and down the beach in an attempt to find it’s mother, but found no one. Image Credit: honesttopaws Image Credit: honesttopaws When that didn’t work, he decided to take the four-week old baby to the aquarium where it could be provided with some help. Image Credit: honesttopaws Image Credit: honesttopaws Usually, orphaned otters would be paired with the adults there in order to help them recover so that they can be returned...