Abandoned otter pup in good hands

Creature receiving round the clock care

- BY RUTH SUTER

A TINY otter pup has been rescued after being found abandoned in a garden.

Staff from Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary were called to a home in South Whiteness, Shetland, on Saturday.

A resident who found the pup had waited for her mother to return. But hours later, they found the pup had made her way to an outhouse, where she curled up on top of a pile of hay.

Wildlife experts attended and the otter, who is believed to be only three weeks old, was making little squeaks - clearly missing her mum.