{"id":170268,"date":"2025-09-20T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/170268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:17:12","slug":"authorities-warn-of-alligators-found-in-orangeburgs-edisto-garden-pond-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/170268\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities warn of alligators found in Orangeburg\u2019s Edisto Garden Pond area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JAOM6J2I6BDSNCOL6LMGLLRZHA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" \/>Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg(RCSD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety is warning people about two juvenile alligators that have been found in the Edisto Gardens Pond area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety, the two small gators have not been aggressive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has been notified about the situation. Officials from the DPS are urging people to use caution in the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with WIS. For more free content like this, subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">email newsletter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/page\/apps\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download our apps<\/a>. Have feedback that can help us improve? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2025\/09\/20\/authorities-warn-alligators-found-orangeburgs-edisto-garden-pond-area\/mailto:wis-webproducers@gray.tv?subject=[please%20include%20the%20article%27s%20headline%20here]\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH US LIVE<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Watch WIS live during newscasts and Soda City Living in the livestream player below. When WIS is not on the air, the player will feature Gray Media\u2019s Local News Live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WIS. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg(RCSD) ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; The Orangeburg Department of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[24431,45155,45153,102125,2785,79,201],"class_list":["post-170268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alligators","tag-midlands","tag-orangeburg","tag-orangeburg-county","tag-safety","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170268","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=170268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}