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‘Lethargic’ Alligator Rescued From Prospect Park Lake


It was a relatively warm February morning near Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn, as children played and dog owners went for a walk, enjoying a peaceful Sunday during the holiday weekend.

Sometime after 10 a.m., the quiet was interrupted by an unexpected sight: a four-foot alligator, noticed by a maintenance worker with the City of New York Parks Department, and by members of the Team. Parks and Urban Park patrol pulled out of the lake. Rangers, according to a Parks Department spokesman.

A spokesperson said in a statement that the animal was “in poor condition and very lethargic”.

Katy Hansen, the organization’s communications director, said the alligator was taken to New York City’s Animal Care Center in Brooklyn, and it was moved to the Bronx Zoo on Sunday. Max Pulsinelli, a spokesman for the zoo, said the alligator was still being evaluated and declined to comment further.

This is the sixth alligator rescued by Animal Care Centers in New York City since 2018, Ms. Hansen said. Two people have been found abandoned outdoors (in Brooklyn 2018 and above). Staten Island in 2019); three others, one on Staten Island in 2018 and two in Brooklyn in 2019, were debunked by police, one by the Police Department’s gang unit, she said.

Jim WellehanAssociate Professor of Zoological Medicine at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville, reviewed a photograph of the animal rescued from the park and said it appeared “significantly lacking in vitality” and ” Haggard”.

Most alligators thrive in freshwater areas with temperatures between about 20 and 30 degrees Celsius, or 68 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, he said. Sunday morning’s air temperature was between low and moderate 40 degrees. F. It is not clear how cold the water in the lake is 7 feet deep and 55 acres wide. A spokesperson for the Parks Department said that lake temperatures are not being monitored.

Professor Wellehan said alligators can thrive as far north as South Carolina.

He says alligators need plenty of room to stretch and sunbathe, and Prospect Park Lake can comfortably accommodate a 4-foot alligator. “The size of the lake is good,” he said. “The temperature of the lake is not very good.”

Officials believe the crocodile was abandoned by a resident. “People keep these weird pets when they’re still kids and think they’re cool and then, guess what? They grow,” Ms. Hansen said.

Usually, animal control is aimed at rescuing rabbits, turtles, and guinea pigs that have been released into the wild. Ms Hansen said: ‘These animals don’t know how to forage, they are prey to other animals in the wild and it is illegal to abandon any animals. “Also inhumane.”

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