Should we kill all sea otters?

Last month, the bodies of three sea otters were found washed ashore in Santa Cruz county. When experts looked closer, they discovered the bodies were of three male otters and they were killed by gunshot wounds. read more

Humans rape and kill children too, and even try to convince others that what they did was just and natural. Humans also bomb, shoot, cut, stab, burn, torture, beat up, and kill other humans, sometimes for no reason at all. Other animals, such as hamsters and certain fish, eat their young. read more

Male sea otters have been observed engaging in this behavior. It’s likely that the drowning is unintentional. Male otters are exceptionally rough with the female otters while mating, and sometimes severely injure or drown them as well. read more

[13] Although the sea otters are found over a large portion of the world there are only three subspecies of sea otter recognized: the southern, or California, sea otter ( Enhydra lutris nereis ), the northern sea otter ( Enhydra lutris kenyoni ), found of the coast of Oregon, Washington and Alaska and the Russian sea otter ( Enhydra lutris lutris ), which will not be discussed. read more