Otters Return to Seoul’s Han River After Decades, with Five Families Spotted
The count rose from 15 four years ago as researchers linked the animals' return to cleaner water, more fish and restored riverbanks.
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Genetic analysis has confirmed the presence of 27 endangered otters in the Han River basin. Thanks to ecological restoration projects and water quality improvements, these otters, which had previously disappeared, have settled in various parts of the Han River in groups of five, serving as a symbolic sign of ecosystem recovery.
Genetic analysis of the endangered otter population inhabiting the Han River has confirmed the presence of 27 individuals organized into five families. On the 3rd, the National Institute of Biological Resources, under the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, announced that it obtained these results by analyzing fecal samples collected from the Han River between January and April of this year. This is based on the Seoul Metropolitan Gover…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jae-young = It has been found that a total of 27 otters live in the Han River. This is nearly double the number from four years ago.
It has been determined that a total of 27 otters live in the Han River.
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