THE FISHER CAUGHT AT LAST.—A few days ago we witnessed a fine specimen of the otter tribe, which was shot in the Sheet river by one of Mr. Harris’s labourers, near to Durford Mill. It measured four feet one inch from the nose to the tip of the tail, and weighed 24lbs.
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 11 June 1859
ENORMOUS OTTER.—A fine specimen of this animal (rare in this neighbourhood) was shot in the stream near Durford House, on Saturday evening last; it weighed nearly a quarter of a hundred weight, and measured four feet in length.