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Within a short span of three months, the family of otters that made Punggol beach and Coney Island their home dwindled from a party strength of nine to just four.
The latest casualty is a four-month-old pup, found lifeless on the beach on Saturday morning (Sept 5) with a fishing hook in her throat.
Residents first spotted the injured pup days ago near Punggol beach with a fishing line hanging out of its mouth.
Despite multiple days of collaborative efforts by the National Parks Board, the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), and Ottercity, they were unable to trap and administer medical assistance to the agile creature.
When the pup was finally found, it was dead.
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The hook — which spanned just over a centimetre in length — would have left the pup starving and in pain, local otter watch group Ottercity shared in a Facebook post last night.
They described the pain felt by the pup akin to having a fishbone lodged in the throat.
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