@nbcsandiego Splash, a 2-year-old Asian small-clawed otter from Florida, has joined search and rescue teams as the nation’s first trained otter assisting in locating missing persons in bodies of water. #florida #otters #animals ♬ original sound - NBC San Diego
'OTTER-LY' AMAZING! Meet MCSO's newest helper in search and recovery efforts https://t.co/wOk5xjXy1W
— Peace River K9 Search & Rescue (@K9River) October 31, 2025
CBS:
Founder of Peace River Search and Rescue, explained his decision to train Splash: “I'm trying to solve a problem. And the problem is that we miss more recoveries than we get working on low-visibility diving and forensic diving. And so I'm trying to put the odds in our favor so we get more recoveries. And that's what the Otter's for.”