The biggest market is still Japan. According to Traffic Japan, which tracks wildlife trafficking in Japan, 70% of arrests for illegal otters in Southeast Asian countries are on their way to Japan for consumption.
Mr. Yoshiaki Nagayasu – owner of the famous Kotsumate otter coffee shop in Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka – informed the media that most of the otters he was raising came from an otter care facility in Malang, Indonesia.
This is an organization that specializes in rescuing otters that are in distress in the wild and then taking care of and supporting their reproduction, then healthy ones will be returned to the wild, the rest will be taken to Japan.
“The price per otter sold to customers is about $ 10,000, but all the profits we send back to Indonesia for the maintenance of the facilities and the conservation of the otters,” said Mr. Nagayasu. how to effectively protect endangered otters.
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