Exotic Incident #1050
Incident Date:
09/11/2007
Location:
Winston-Salem, NC - USA
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Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Animal Death by human (DH)
Species:
Reptiles
Animal:
Allligators
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
State wildlife officials ordered two small alligators destroyed after they were captured near the Graylyn Conference Center. A District wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said that he didn’t like seeing the animals destroyed, but officials had to look to the greater good of the state’s wildlife populations.
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