{"id":786576,"date":"2026-09-29T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786576\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:26:09","slug":"crocodiles-of-the-world-says-goodbye-to-gentle-giant-alligator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786576\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocodiles of the World says goodbye to &#8216;gentle giant&#8217; alligator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At over 3m (9.8 ft) long, he was an impressive animal, but he was truly a gentle giant,&#8221; its post said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But as he &#8220;wasn&#8217;t quite himself&#8221; over the past week, a visit to the vet had been arranged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;After taking everything into consideration, we made the incredibly difficult decision to put him to sleep,&#8221; the zoo said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its founder Shaun Foggett said called Albert &#8220;the most incredible alligator, a big old lovable chap who was so chilled&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His gentle parenting with his hatchlings was amazing to see, but no real surprise given his nature,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He will be greatly missed by everyone, especially the keepers, both past and present, who have cared for him over the years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crocodiles of the World thanked the alligator &#8220;for everything you gave us&#8221; and for being &#8220;such a special part&#8221; of its family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;At over 3m (9.8 ft) long, he was an impressive animal, but he was truly a gentle giant,&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-786576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}