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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1723352" data-attributes="member: 29880">Alan, you still haven't responded to my reply to this accusation.  I was quoting off the AT website so I'm still unclear what ''facts'' I have got wrong (apart from the thread title but if that's what your referring to, the accusation is rather harsh is it not! Especially as I amended my first post as soon as I did find out the Times article was erroneous ).  If you were referring to my second post on this thread, I refer you again to Reg Philips post on the AT link I posted with that quote earlier.  It was he, not I, that was suggesting 'closed areas' for otters and feeding them 'seafish' left over from sea fisherman.  I'm assuming he didnt mean herding them into enclosed fishstocked lakes!  Perhaps the Anglers on this thread can explain how this idea might work.The 'fencing off' applies to fishing lakes to protect them from otters not to keep them in from what I can understand so this 'closed areas' for otters is obviously some new kind of strategy suggested!</blockquote>