A family of six otters was recently spotted on Anson Road in the morning, causing a hullabaloo in the CBD area.

The six otters make up the Zouk family which lived under Jiak Kim bridge where the Zouk club used to be.

Injured mum and a missing otter

It has been quite an eventful June for the Zouk otters.

Now the family appears to have met some mishap on June 24 evening.

According to OtterWatch, a female adult otter was spotted looking frazzled by the canal bank along Bukit Timah Road.

The injured otter, identified as the mum of the pack, was surrounded by the younger ones which might be trying to provide some comfort to the unwell otter.

It was speculated that the otter mum was hit on the left side of the head and shoulder.

Although she was moving slowly, the mum could still keep up with the rest of the otters later in the evening.

Otter observers also found another female otter missing.

They identified her as the "aunt" of the family.

One sub-adult was also spotted with an injured paw.

Monitoring the family closely

The OtterWatch post also revealed that wildlife rescue group, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), sent their personnel down to the canal last night at around 9pm to check on the family.

As the injured mum appeared to be getting better, Acres decided to not capture the otter for treatment.

However, the otter-watchers are still keeping an eye on the Zouk family.

The remaining five otters from Zouk family were spotted near the Singapore Botanic Gardens on June 25 morning.

The otter aunt has not yet been found.

Here's the full post by OtterWatch:

Top photo from OtterWatch Facebook