{"id":382739,"date":"2026-08-27T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382739\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:04:10","slug":"south-miami-police-warn-residents-after-dog-killed-in-reported-crocodile-attack-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382739\/","title":{"rendered":"South Miami Police warn residents after dog killed in reported crocodile attack \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in South Miami are issuing a public safety warning to residents after a dog was killed in a reported crocodile attack Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Southwest 64th Court.<\/p>\n<p>The dog was a shepherd mix named Kygo, the owner said. Kygo was a rescue dog the family had for six or seven years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_424a12.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Kygo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kygo<\/p>\n<p>South Miami Police confirmed a dog was killed in the reported attack, and issued a warning to residents in the area to exercise extreme caution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Residents, pet owners, and visitors in the area are advised to remain vigilant around nearby canals, waterways, ponds, and other bodies of water where a crocodile may be present,&#8221; the department said in a statement. &#8220;Residents are encouraged to share this information with neighbors and other members of the community, particularly those who walk dogs or regularly use the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No other details of the reported attack were immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>American Crocodiles are protected by both state and federal law, and residents should not attempt to injure, capture, harass, or relocate a crocodile, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who encounters a nuisance or dangerous crocodile is asked to contact wildlife officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in South Miami are issuing a public safety warning to residents after a dog was killed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,39304],"class_list":["post-382739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-south-miami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}