HC Deb 27 July 1967 vol 751 c206W
Sir R. Russell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will arrange for an investigation to be carried out into the natural history of the otter, and especially its feeding habits in various river conditions, as recommended by the Report of the Committee on Cruelty to Wild Animals.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Following the Report referred to, such an investigation was carried out with grant aid from the Nature Conservancy on behalf of the Otter Committee, set up on the initiative of the Universities' Federation for Animal Welfare. The results were published in 1958 as a Report to the Otter Committee, entitled "The Natural History of the Otter".