REYNOLDSBURG -- The last two months have been very busy at the Ohio Department of Agriculture's dangerous wild animal facility.
We requested records and learned that over the past four months, the facility has been a temporary home to five alligators and two bears.
One of those alligators was Left Boot, the gator found inside a home in Huber Heights. Left Boot had some health issues and state veterinarians are finding that other animals have them too.
Sereana Dresbach with the Department of Agriculture says, "we're seeing long term effects, metabolic bone disease, because of not having the right caging area, the right diet."
The three million dollar facility has 30 large animal cages and a separate room for reptiles and primates.
The director says he expects more owners to turn over their animals when they learn about the new caging laws.
Image courtesy of ABC.
We requested records and learned that over the past four months, the facility has been a temporary home to five alligators and two bears.
One of those alligators was Left Boot, the gator found inside a home in Huber Heights. Left Boot had some health issues and state veterinarians are finding that other animals have them too.
Sereana Dresbach with the Department of Agriculture says, "we're seeing long term effects, metabolic bone disease, because of not having the right caging area, the right diet."
The three million dollar facility has 30 large animal cages and a separate room for reptiles and primates.
The director says he expects more owners to turn over their animals when they learn about the new caging laws.
Image courtesy of ABC.