This is quite disturbing.. Alligator in Florida
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Posted On: 09/08/2023 1:21:23 AM
This is quite disturbing..
Alligator in Florida Pictured with Top Half of Its Jaw Missing: 'Very Shocking'
Wed, September 6, 2023
“Continued survivability in the wild is slim,” Kim Titterington tells PEOPLE
An alligator in Florida is garnering attention after it was spotted with the top half of its jaw missing.
Eustacia Kanter told PEOPLE she took a photo of the alligator at Wilson's Landing Park in Sanford, Florida, on Aug. 29. Katrina Shadix then shared the photo on Facebook, hoping to get the alligator medical assistance, writing, "Is anyone in the area that can HELP this poor alligator?"
In the image, the gator's tongue is fully visible and shows its snout torn below the eyeballs. Kim Titterington, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, was contacted by Shadix and spoke out about the alligator with NBC affiliate WESH, explaining that it was something "very shocking."
"From the image I was provided, the alligator appears to have good body weight, and the injury healed over, but the continued survivability in the wild is slim," Titterington tells PEOPLE.
Since the alligator has eluded capture, she tells PEOPLE that one can only speculate at this time on the cause of its condition.
"It could be from another alligator but the clean cut also suggests this animal was caught in a hunting snare," Titterington adds.
Shadix tells PEOPLE that she has also reached out to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who informed her that the agency has had officers looking for the alligator and has a licensed facility where it will be cared for once captured. The FWC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alligator...03512.html
Alligator in Florida Pictured with Top Half of Its Jaw Missing: 'Very Shocking'
Wed, September 6, 2023
“Continued survivability in the wild is slim,” Kim Titterington tells PEOPLE
An alligator in Florida is garnering attention after it was spotted with the top half of its jaw missing.
Eustacia Kanter told PEOPLE she took a photo of the alligator at Wilson's Landing Park in Sanford, Florida, on Aug. 29. Katrina Shadix then shared the photo on Facebook, hoping to get the alligator medical assistance, writing, "Is anyone in the area that can HELP this poor alligator?"
In the image, the gator's tongue is fully visible and shows its snout torn below the eyeballs. Kim Titterington, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, was contacted by Shadix and spoke out about the alligator with NBC affiliate WESH, explaining that it was something "very shocking."
"From the image I was provided, the alligator appears to have good body weight, and the injury healed over, but the continued survivability in the wild is slim," Titterington tells PEOPLE.
Since the alligator has eluded capture, she tells PEOPLE that one can only speculate at this time on the cause of its condition.
"It could be from another alligator but the clean cut also suggests this animal was caught in a hunting snare," Titterington adds.
Shadix tells PEOPLE that she has also reached out to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who informed her that the agency has had officers looking for the alligator and has a licensed facility where it will be cared for once captured. The FWC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alligator...03512.html
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