Assembled by Nicole Duplaix, Jessica Groenendijk, Christof Schenck, Elke Staib and Sheila Sykes-Gatz
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Van Damme, P.A., S. Ten, R. Wallace, L. Painter, A. Taber, R. Gonzáles Jiménes, A. Fraser, D. Rumiz, C. Tapia, H. Michels, Y. Delaunoy, J. Saravia, J. Vargas, L. Torres. 2002. Distribución y estado de las poblaciones de londra Pteronura brasiliensis en Bolivia. Revista Boliviana de Ecologia y Conservación Ambiental, 12:111-134.
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Im Reich der Riesenotter (1993), A. Hofer, SAT1, 45 min.
Die Riesenotter vom Madre de Dios (1994), C. Schenck, E. Staib, producers N3/ARD, 45 min
The River Wolves (1999), P. Venn, producer. Partridge Films, 45 min
Waika der Otter (? 2000), F.R. de la Fuenta, BR, 45 min
Die Wölfe des Rio Manu – Riesenotter in Peru.( 2001) Felix Heidinger, producer, for ‘Zuflucht Wildnis’ BR/ARD, 45 min
Giant Otters – Wolves of the River (2001). Huw Cordey, producer. BBC ‘Wildlife on One’, 30 mins.
The Miracle of the Pantanal (2004). Satoshi Okabe, Producer. 50-minute film. NHK, Japan.
(Shows many Giant otter cub sequences, including an attack by a Spectacled caiman that fails.)
Giant Otter Research (this site)
www.giantotterresearch.com
Friends of the Manatee
http://www.amigosdopeixeboi.org.br/
This NGO works with all 5 Amazonian aquatic mammals therefore both Giant Otters and Neotropical Otters are included.
International Otter Survival Fund
http://www.otter.org
This charity works to protect all species of otters worldwide