NEW YORK — An deserted and emaciated alligator that was present in a New York City lake and despatched to the Bronx Zoo for restoration has died in a “tragic case of animal abuse,” zoo officers mentioned.

The zoo offered intensive medical remedy and dietary assist for the debilitated gator, however she succumbed to her accidents on Sunday, the zoo mentioned in a press release.

“This alligator suffered and died because its owner decided to dump her in a frigid lake, in an extremely debilitated state rather than provide her with the veterinary care that could have saved her,” Bronx Zoo officers mentioned. “Wild animals are not pets.”

An post-mortem confirmed power and extreme weight reduction, excessive anemia and infections within the gator’s gut and pores and skin, the assertion mentioned. The gator, estimated to be 5 to six years previous, additionally had a power ulcer in her abdomen attributable to a rubber bathtub stopper she had ingested whereas illegally stored as a pet.

That rubber stopper was later efficiently eliminated.

When the gator was rescued from Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn in late February and dropped at the Bronx Zoo for restoration, she weighed solely 15 kilos. An alligator of her size ought to have weighed 30 to 35 kilos, officers mentioned.

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