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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — You’ve heard of cadaver dogs, but have you heard of cadaver otters? Well, the Pensacola Police Department has, and they brought the nation’s first one in to assist them in a missing person investigation.
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According to PPD officials, the otter, Splash, was brought in to help but was not deployed because the woman reported missing was found safe.
Splash is a 2-year-old Asian small-clawed otter that was trained by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office and the Peace River K9 Search and Rescue…