This is Jasper, an 8 week old Otter cub found by the banks of the River Great Ouse in the North end of Bedfordshire. He was brought in to us suffering from hypothermia and had seemingly been abandoned by his Mother. This is the first Otter ever brought in to us. On his arrival the poor cub was collapsed and we immediately set about gently warming him up. Once he had started to respond to treatment he was given some warm rehydration fluids. This treatment went on throughout the whole of the first night. By the next morning, the cub was well enough to be interested in his first bottle of milk formula. Within a couple of weeks the otter was weaned and was necessary for us to set about finding the otter some other cubs. When we had an offer from Les Stocker of Tiggywinkles to transport the otter to Scotland to Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue where there are fantastic release sites, our minds were made up. Hessilhead will introduce him to other Otter cubs and when the group are 9 months old they will be slowly soft released into waters surrounding the centre. Obviously, when an animal has had the intensive care that this little otter had, it is always hard to say goodbye, but we know that with more territories, fewer roads, less persecution, purer waters and plentiful fish, our little otter is going to have the great new start that he really deserves.