A wildlife rescue organization in Sonoma County on Friday asked for the public’s help in figuring out how four otters ended up dead on the side of a road near Petaluma recently.

The group Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue sent out a request on social media for information about the dead otters, which were found on the side of Old Adobe Road between Scott and Tunzi roads east of Petaluma.

“The circumstances in which they were found were unusual. We are working to determine whether they were hit by a car in the area or if they were brought there from another location,” the group said.

Anyone with information about how the otters ended up there is asked to call Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue at (707) 486-0226.

Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.