Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc.), FRGS, FAGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book "Ring of Bright Water" (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. "Ring of Bright Water" sold more than a million copies and was made into a movie starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. Wikipedia
An isolated race of L. perspicillata maxwelli living in the fresh water marshes was reported from southern Iraq. www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=12427
The Monreith Maxwells were descended from a younger brother of the first Lord Maxwell and had prospered over the five centuries since leaving Caerlaverock. www.maxwellsociety.com/Biography/Artists.htm
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