This handout photo dated June 17, 2008 and released on June 18 shows Buddhist monks blessing Dara, the hairy-nosed otter while being released into its new home at the Phnom Tamau Wildlife Sanctuary in Phnom Penh. Thought to be extinct in the 1990s, the hairy-nosed otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra of Indonesia. Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. They are also captured for pets or killed for use in traditional medicines. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

This handout photo dated June 17, 2008 and released on June 18 shows Buddhist monks blessing Dara, the hairy-nosed otter while being released into its new home at the Phnom Tamau Wildlife Sanctuary in Phnom Penh. Thought to be extinct in the 1990s, the hairy-nosed otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra of Indonesia. Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. They are also captured for pets or killed for use in traditional medicines.

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