Animal rescuers had a frantic chase to catch an otter that was hit by a car then kept running away each time they tried to help it.<br /><br />Residents called for help after noticing the injured otter which was hit by a driver in Samut Sakorn, central Thailand on Tuesday (October 29) afternoon.<br /><br />Volunteers arrived to find the frightened male otter aged around two-years-old hiding under a nearby car.<br /><br />Footage shows a moment when the rescuer volunteers crowded around holding a net and tried to capture the otter.<br /><br />They spent over an hour before the otter finally started to tire and they could catch him.<br /><br />Shop owner Suchit Hankit said that he saw the otter hiding under his car when he was leaving on a motorcycle and felt sorry for him.<br /><br />He said: "I noticed his injury and I wanted to take him to the vets but he was aggressive to me whenever I tried to reach him."<br /><br />"I contacted the officers because they are more capable of catching animals than me, but even though the otter was injured, he was still harder to catch than I expected."<br /><br />The animal rescuers carried the otter back to the office for treatment.
