A child was dragged off a dock and underwater in a rare attack by a river otter at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

"There are several other species of native mammals that can easily be confused for an otter, such as woodchucks, mink, and muskrats, for example. Some of the reports we have received are of these ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — A river otter attacked a child at a Seattle-area marina, dragging the youngster from a dock and into the water before the mother rescued her child, wildlife officials said.