{"id":122161,"date":"2025-08-31T04:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122161\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T04:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:09:24","slug":"juvenile-alligator-captured-in-new-york-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122161\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile alligator captured in New York pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

A juvenile alligator was captured at a Long Island pond and is now at a rehab facility, awaiting relocation.<\/p>\n

FREEPORT, N.Y. \u2014 A juvenile alligator spotted in a freshwater pond on Long Island was safely captured by environmental conservation officers earlier this month and transported to a licensed rehabilitator.<\/p>\n

The sighting was reported Aug. 7 by a local birdwatcher at Cow Meadow Preserve in Freeport. They provided officers with a clear photo of the reptile and remained at the pond until three environmental conservation officers arrived, according to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation newsletter.<\/p>\n

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The officers responded with a canoe, and they captured the alligator without incident. The juvenile is now at a rehabilitation facility, awaiting permanent relocation.<\/p>\n

The DEC reminds people that in New York State, it is illegal to import, possess, or sell alligators, caimans, crocodiles, or products made from these animals without the proper permits.<\/p>\n

An investigation is ongoing to identify the individual or individuals responsible for unlawfully releasing the reptile.<\/p>\n

The DEC said unauthorized possession of exotic reptiles carries legal consequences and urged anyone with information about the release to contact authorities.<\/p>\n

Alligators in New York are nothing new to the DEC, which in 2024 responded to a report of an alligator in a Hamburg home. The DEC, back in March of this year, appealed a court ruling<\/a> that favored Albert the alligator’s owner, Tony Cavallaro, in his battle to bring the 750-pound reptile back home in Western New York.<\/p>\n

The DEC seized Albert in March of 2024, claiming Cavallaro didn\u2019t have a valid permit. A judge ruled in February that New York State must process Cavallaro’s renewal application for a Dangerous Animal License within 30 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A juvenile alligator was captured at a Long Island pond and is now at a rehab facility, awaiting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-122161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}