I was entranced by Gavin Maxwell’s Ring of Bright Water, in which he recounted how, walking his pet otter in London, passers-by wondered aloud if it was “a walrus” or “a hippopotamus”.

SINGAPORE - Mr Hoh Chin Cha woke up on the morning of May 19 to a horrifying sight – all eight of his beloved koi had been mauled and mutilated in the pond of his Bright Hill home ... located near ...