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Luke’s original owners contacted Nigel to help them determine what was wrong with their lizards. They believed they had alligator lizards and had 2 of them living on sand and eating salad mix. Nigel told them that they in fact had American Alligators that needed to be in water, were carnivores and were illegal to own as pets. They were both signed over to Safe Haven at only a year old and were named Bo and Luke by our volunteers. Unfortunately, the malnourishment was so bad that Bo passed away, and Luke’s growth has been badly stunted. He did not grow at all for about 3 years. Luke is now triple the size he was from when we first attained him. Luke unfortunate with never grown to the size he should or at the speed he should be due to severe conditions he lived in and the severe internal damage. 

Boss Hog Came with a group of reptiles in 2010 that were abandoned in a warehouse in Westminster. He was found in a pool of rotten chicken and covered in slime. There was a Caiman found with him that died a few months later. The owner of the warehouse did not have the proper licensing to keep an American Alligator. Safe Haven is permitted to own up to up 10 American Alligators. Boss Hog had a hard time growing initially due to his sever malnourishment and a few health scares from his living conditions. He is now thriving and back to his natural behavior. He is used occasionally for programs and is beginning to become to large for that.