Residents of a quiet UK town in the beautiful Lake District are living in fear of hungry otters, which have started wreaking havoc and feasting on their prized fish. In Ulverston, Cumbria ...

Amber 'flooding is possible' warnings are in place for Hemyock, Cullompton, Stoke Canon, Broadclyst and Clyst St Mary, Lympstone, ...

People living in a UK town say they are being terrorised by a family of otters who are eating their fish. Residents in Ulverston, Cumbria, have become sick of the creatures breaking into their ...

A surge of otters raiding people's garden ponds has been reported in Ulverston - with a Facebook group set up to help people.

Nigel next to his pond (Picture: Nigel Cooper/SWNS) European otters almost became extinct in the UK in the 1950s and 60s because of pesticides affecting their breeding. The animals became a ...

A UK town is being terrorised by otters who are breaking into people's gardens at night to eat goldfish from their ponds, according to Cumbria locals. Nigel Cooper, 61, from Ulverston witnessed an ...

It is illegal to take otters from the wild in the UK and it is a mystery how the pair ended up in the cage, but fortunately a passer-by noticed the animals and contacted the wildlife centre.