Meet the newest members of Coyote Point Museum’s animal family, our two new baby North American river otters. Come see them frolic in their pond and get used to their new digs.

The two otters came to the Museum in November 2009 and after completing the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s mandated 30-day quarantine period, they begin the process of acclimating to their new digs in the Museum's public river otter exhibit. The female otter was captive born and came to the Museum from Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO after they decided they needed a different mix of otter personalities for their exhibit. The male otter was born in the wild in Washington, but was abandoned by his mother as an infant. He was found and briefly raised in a family’s home before being sent to Raptor House Rehabilitation Center in Washington. The rehab center determined that he was too imprinted by humans and could not be released back into the wild.

Photo by Justin Miel