MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – The Martin County Sheriff’s Office enlists the help of an adorable otter for an important job on the force.
“Splash” is a 2-year-old Asian small-clawed otter that poses for photos on Instagram and has a particular set of skills to help rescue teams.
“In Florida, we have a problem with alligators; they grab remains and they stuff them somewhere and they are very hard to find because most of the time we’re diving in water that is less than two inches of visibility, so everything is tactile, so we miss them, we can’t find them. He doesn’t have that problem; he can go right down there and show us where it is,” said Michael Hadsell, the president of Peace River K9 Search and Rescue, a nonprofit organization that provides specially trained animals in recovery missions…