Editing Otter (section)

=== Hunting ===
Otters have been hunted for their [[Fur|pelts]] from at least the 1700s, although it may have begun well before then. Early hunting methods included darts, arrows, nets and snares but later, traps were set on land and guns used.

There has been a long history of otter pelts being worn around the world. In China it was standard for the royalty to wear robes made from them. People that were financially high in status also wore them. The tails of otters were often made into items for men to wear. These included hats and belts. Even some types of mittens for children have been made from the fur of otters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://otter-world.com/otter-hunting.html|title=Otter hunting|publisher=Otter-World.com|year=2009|access-date=19 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054937/http://otter-world.com/otter-hunting.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Otters have also been hunted using dogs, especially the [[otterhound]].<ref name="britishpathe">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/otter-hunting-aka-otter-hunting-begins|title=Otter Hunting AKA Otter Hunting Begins – British Pathé|website=britishpathe.com|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702134148/http://www.britishpathe.com/video/otter-hunting-aka-otter-hunting-begins|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1958 to 1963, the 11 otter hunts in England and Wales killed 1,065 otters between them. In such hunts, the hunters notched their poles after every kill. The prized trophy that hunters would take from the otters was the [[baculum]], which would be worn as a [[Tie clip|tie-pin]].<ref name="ACIGAWIS">{{cite web|url=http://www.acigawis.org.uk/bloodsports/otterhunting|title=Otterhunting|publisher=Animal Cruelty Investigation Group/Animal Welfare Information Service|access-date=19 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054718/http://www.acigawis.org.uk/bloodsports/otterhunting|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Traffic (conservation programme)|Traffic]] (the wildlife trade monitoring network) reported that otters are at serious risk in Southeast Asia and have disappeared from parts of their former range. This decline in populations is due to hunting to supply the demand for skins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traffic.org/home/2009/12/9/otters-feel-the-heat-in-southeast-asia.html|date=9 December 2009|title=Otters feel the heat in Southeast Asia|publisher=[[Traffic (conservation programme)]]|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030101158/http://www.traffic.org/home/2009/12/9/otters-feel-the-heat-in-southeast-asia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>