Gator aid! Alligator found in, rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake | amNewYork

Brooklynites taking a Sunday morning stroll in Prospect Park bit off way more than they could chew, after discovering an alligator floating in the park's lake.

NYC ParksBrooklynites taking a Sunday morning stroll in Prospect Park bit off way more than they could chew, after discovering an alligator floating in the park’s lake.

The gator was loaded into a cage and transported to Animal Care Centers’ Brooklyn location in East New York for medical evaluation, where he was named Godzilla; the 4-foot-long creature is now recuperating at the Bronx Zoo, the spokesperson said. Godzilla the alligator recuperates at the Brooklyn Animal Care Centers following his rescue from Prospect Park.Lalor said that Godzilla, obviously not native to New York, was probably a pet abandoned in the lake. Not only is it cruel to abandon pets in city parks, but it’s also illegal.

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