Police investigate after illegal trapping kills otter

Police are investigating illegal trapping in a Norfolk river after the discovery of a dead otter.

Otters are a protected species and cannot be killed in any circumstances and can only be caught under a licence issued by Natural England.


Rural crime officers were alerted after a dead animal was found in the area around Bressingham and Fersfield in south Norfolk on September 4.

Further investigations have established the otter is believed to have died from being caught in an illegal trap.