BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — A 14-year-old boy found dead Thursday, Dec. 10, appeared to have been killed by the family dog in rural Battle Lake, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office. The boy’s ...

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A Florida man was attacked by a rabid otter which bit him 41 times, with the animal later attacking a dog walking with its family. Joseph Scaglione was feeding ducks and geese near his Jupiter, Fla., ...

As if life isn’t hard enough already: rabid otters are apparently a thing. Florida health officials reported this week that a 74-year-old man and a dog were bitten by an aggressive otter, one that ...

JUPITER, Fla. — A 74-year-old man and a dog were each treated for rabies after they were bitten by a rabid river otter in a Jupiter neighborhood, according to the Florida Department of Health. A ...

The river otter attacked a man as he was leaving from feeding corn to a group of ducks in Florida, wildlife officials said. Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control A man is recovering after he was ...

A dog that lost one of its legs to cancer has rescued a stranded baby otter from an icy cold river in Minnesota. The incident occurred on Easter Sunday, when the dog's owner, Cleo Young, and her ...