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Garden officials have ordered an evacuation of Chinatown koi after a hungry river otter claimed its 10th victim over the weekend.

A total of 10 expensive koi fish have now been killed and eaten by the otter as of Sunday morning; there were previously 14 adult koi living in the ponds at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Chinatown.

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As a result, staff at the Chinatown garden have begun evacuating koi from the park’s ponds. On Saturday, crews moved in to begin rescue efforts.

So far, only one fish has been moved to the Vancouver Aquarium for safekeeping; koi are also difficult to capture so it remains unclear how long the evacuation will take though crews are working to relocate the remaining three fish. The one relocated koi took “several hours” to capture on Saturday, due to poor visibility in the water.

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“It has been a difficult mission, trying to rescue our koi,” said Debbie Cheung, spokeswoman with the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.