Name:   Lifer - Subject:   Nutria, muskrat or lake otter? Date:   4/28/2020 8:19:05 PM

Sounds more like Nutria or Muskrat even with the flat tail.  Otters have a flat tail more like a Beaver.  Try to get a pic and then get it identified.  Im not sure but nutria may be considered an invassive species and if so you could get help "moving thenm to the same farm that dogs/pets retire too".  From the one minute read I just had they can be dispatched at will if it is in fact Nutria.