14 December, 2025 – 20 December, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week.
Our Neighbourhood Otters Need Saving From the Global Fur Trade
Their silky fur is considered diamonds of the fur business. Velvety and thick, the smooth, silk pelage of the smooth-coated otter is sold for 350 Chinese yuan or more in Tibet and for 90-100 dollars in Thailand leather factories. Nobody knows exactly how many of these otters are left in India or South east Asia. […]