Otter tours Scotland in postbag

A postman who rescued a baby otter on a Scottish roadside took it on a 220-mile tour of the country in his mailbag.

Kenny Wilson, 50, of Tweedbank, in the Borders, spotted the cub - named Orla - lying on the A7 near Stow on Sunday.

He stopped his car, popped the animal in his mailbag to keep it warm and then bought it some kitten milk which he fed it through the tube of a ballpoint pen.



He then took the otter with him on a Mini car enthusiasts' rally before taking it to an animal rescue centre.

The six-week-old otter was said to be doing well at the Arthurshiel centre near St Boswells in Roxburghshire.

Shona Middlemas of the rescue centre said the brown European otter was being fed and kept warm. "At the moment we are feeding her fish every two hours and she has got some appetite," she explained. "She is going through about £15 worth of salmon each day."