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This species is listed by the 2000 IUCN Redlist as near-threatened.
Destruction of the otter's wetland habitat is the major threat
to this species. The current captive population is 106 in North
America in 22 institutions. One of the foremost concerns of the
SSP program for this species is reducing the incidence of kidney
stones in captive otters. Research on both captive and wild otters
is being done to determine how diet affects this problem. The
SSP has and is supporting a survey project in Sri Lanka to conduct
a census of all Asian otter species.
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