Watch: Now Ollie the faux fur 'otter' is a star in America
It's not every day that a Shropshire news story gets the attention of the US media, but Newport's internet celebrity Ollie - the poorly "otter", who turned out to be a fake fur collar - has received the full American news treatment.
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Online news service Tomo News were clearly amused by how a member of the public called police to what they thought was an injured or ill animal only for it to turn out to be a piece of clothing.
Their online video even includes a handy guide to the difference between an otter and a fur collar.
Here's how police in Newport have reported on Ollie:
They even took him to meet the public in Newport:
And here's a real otter, captured on video in Shropshire recently and posted on YouTube by by Robin Bennett:
