2 rescued alligators, David and Casanova, find permanent home at Gatorland
By FOX 35 News Staff
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Alligator Capital of the World is welcoming two new celebrity gators to call its park home.
David and Casanova will call Gatorland their forever home. The pair are now together at the gator sanctuary in Orlando.
David was discovered floating in the cold waters of Waukegan Harbor, near Chicago, with his mouth taped shut in 2018. Rescuers say he was very weak and ingested plastic and rubber. David wasn t expected to survive, but he did after recovering at the Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm in nearby Lake Forest.
Alligators rescued from Midwest find warm home in Central Florida
David and Casanova now live at Gatorland
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Orlando, Fla. – Two new alligators, David and Casanova, are calling Gatorland home. The pair came from Illinois this week.
David was rescued from the cold waters of Lake Michigan after a kayaker found him with his mouth taped shut.
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“His belly was full of all kinds of different plastics! His liver was completely shut down,” Savannah Boan with Gatorland Orlando said.
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