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A river otter attacked a child at a marina in Bremerton, Washington, pulling the boy underwater and biting him before he was rescued by his mother. The rare attack happened Thursday morning as the child and his mother were walking on a dock at the Bremerton Marina in Kitsap County, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a news release. The child sustained scratches and bites to the top of his head, face and legs and was treated at a local hospital.
Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services works to 'trap and lethally remove' river otters from the marina, the fish and wildlife agency said. The animals are relatively common in Washington and can be found in fresh, brackish, or saltwater habitats, the agency said. Encounters with them are rare but they can be' territorial and, like any wildlife, are inherently unpredictable.
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