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The Florida Wildlife Hospital is asking the public for donations to help it raise three young otter pups. A spokeswoman said the three siblings, two boys and a girl, are only five to six weeks old and their survival isn’t guaranteed.

The wildlife hospital said it will cost up to $2,400 each to raise them until they can be released.

A resident in Titusville was redoing their driveway when they saw an adult otter run out from a den they didn’t know was there. The mother never returned leaving the three orphans.

Normally the wildlife hospital starts getting otter babies starting in February.

Photo courtesy of Florida Wildlife Hospital