One-year-old Mishka has asthma and is the first sea otter to be diagnosed with the disease. Cats and horses are two other animals that more commonly get asthma. A King 5 TV news report explains that Mishka began having trouble breathing when smoke from wildfires moved into the Puget Sound area last month and has since been taught by Seattle aquarium’s Sara Perry to push her nose on the inhaler and take a breath

