An alligator found in a cold New York creek has been taken to a reptile sanctuary after 'warming up' at the Hudson Valley Humane Society.
HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- An alligator found in a cold New York creek is safe and on its way to a reptile sanctuary upstate after 'warming up' at the Hudson Valley Humane Society. George Barbera spotted the alligator Thursday in the Minisceongo Creek in Garnersville, a hamlet in Rockland County , and called police.Officers lured gator with chunk of meat on fishing pole'I saw a little alligator!' Berbera said. 'Once we got him on land, wasn't as small as I thought he was.
'He was cold' and 'in a subdued kind of mood'A herpetology expert from the Bronx Zoo examined the juvenile male alligator and said it was 'in pretty good shape,' a humane society social media post said. 'We could tell that he was cold because he was in a subdued kind of mood,' said Ann Marie Gaudio, with the Hudson Valley Humane Society. The humane society said it was debating naming it 'Philippe' or 'Al E.
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