Slippery, hungry, sometimes angry: Singapore struggles with ‘unparalleled’ otter boom

Numbers have doubled, with occasional attacks on humans and fish ponds prompting relocation efforts

Singapore authorities have an unusual source of mayhem on their hands: an exploding otter population.

Amid an upswing in interactions between the buoyant, hand-holding mammals and humans in recent months, the National Parks Board, known as NParks, is working to relocate the island's 170 otters away from residential areas and otter-proof people's homes.