The rehabilitation centre in North Devon helps orphaned otters
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The charity is run by volunteers
A North Devon charity has gone from a pen in a back garden to a fully-formed centre which cares for orphaned otters.
UK Wild Otter Trust in North Devon reported a record number in need of help after it moved to a bigger premises in September 2021.
In the last year they received 32 orphaned otters and released 29 back into the wild.
The centre has a "cub hospital" on its two-acre site and 19 enclosures for the mammals.
Dave Webb is the founder of UK Wild Otter Trust
Dave Webb, the founder, said the charity is run by volunteers and it takes about £3,000 to rehabilitate each otter.
He said: "We started off with one little pen that I knocked up in the back garden, that went to two, and now we're sat here in a two-acre site with a cub hospital, two cub rooms and 19 enclosures."
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