Crime & Safety
Florida Alligator Dies After Being Used For "Target Practice," Rescuers Say
"She was also suffering from extreme lead toxicity, so extreme that Kim's machine couldn't even read the levels," wrote Gillette.
June 18, 2024
PASCO COUNTY -- A Florida alligator named Archer has died after being rescued from being used as a "target practice," according to a social media post by Chris Gillette, president of the animal sanctuary Bellowing Acres.
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X-rays posted on Gillette's Facebook show an arrow and bullets, that just barely missed the alligator's brain which eventually led to infection and swelling.
"She was also suffering from extreme lead toxicity, so extreme that Kim's machine couldn't even read the levels," wrote Gillette.
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