Pets & Animals

Scientists Report Drop In California Sea Otters

Source: AP

Scientists are reporting a decline in the number of sea otters on the Central California coast, and they believe humans are at least partially to blame. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday that only 2,654 otters were counted in a spring survey of the threatened southern otter population, which lives along 375 miles of coast between Half Moon Bay and Santa Barbara. That represents a 3.8 percent drop from a year earlier.

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