Years later, in 1960 Gavin Maxwell, published Ring of Bright Water about his life on the west coast of Scotland, where he ...

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”.

There is even a statue of Tarka in a town called Bideford! The other famous otter book is called Ring of Bright Water. This is set in Scotland and tells the story of a man who befriends a wild otter.

People in Kinmen County should stop directing bright lights at sea otters at night when sightseeing, to avoid disrupting the natural environment, conservationists said. Volunteers and law enforcement ...