An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo surgery after veterinarians discovered 70 coins in the animal’s stomach. The coins were found in a rare, 36-year-old leucistic alligator, which has translucent white skin and blue eyes. Veterinarians identified “metal foreign objects in the stomach of an iconic resident” – Thibodaux. The Henry Doorly Zoo…
The daughter of a Florida woman who was killed by an alligator has said her family is experiencing “grief and sorrow and unbearable pain”. In a Facebook post, Breauna Dorris said her mother, Sabrina Peckham, was homeless and living in a wooded area close to where she was attacked. She said Ms Peckham, 41, may…
A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a local woman in its jaws, police have said. A witness told local media he saw the alligator in a Largo canal clutching a lower torso in its mouth. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said the animal was killed…