Florida's Gatorland fire,,,,,sad,,,,

[Junkzoo]

Heard about this this morning,,, and as one of the many that have visited Gatorland during vacations in Florida, it kinda hit home ,,,,,:(
A few losses, but it sounds like a few critteres that were in danger from the fire, went into the pond, and saved themselves:thumbup:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_on_re_us/gatorland_fire

I like this quote,,,,

"This park is like an old alligator. Gators fight, they get scarred up, they get beat up, they tear each other up, but they're resilient," Williams said. "This park's been here for 57 years. We're not going anywhere"

Although the area behind the trademark main entrance gator head (you entered the place by walking thru the huge concrete gator head /jaws)were leveled, the gator head was still there, although charred and filled w/debris.

I'm sure Gatorland will be up and running, better than ever, and be able to allow people to see gators and other creatures,,and learn about them,,,soon.

[Shirley]

I've never been there, but have driven across Alligator Alley and walked the Anhinga Trail and the Gumbo Limbo Trail, and also the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/) outside Naples, Florida.

[Jean]

They were fortunate to be pond reptiles and most were able to escape that way.

[parrotgirl]

That is so sad, Thankfully most were able to escape.

I'm sure Gatorland will be up and running, better than ever, and be able to allow people to see gators and other creatures,,and learn about them,,,soon.

How brilliant it is that people are not giving up, and are determined to re-open better than ever. Lets hope its real soon. :wub: :heart: :wub:

[tropiclegirl]

Thats just ashame when things like that happen. Good thing the gators are ok tho.

[vmtwriter]

Yeah, we heard about this on the news. I've never actually been to Gatorland. I guess it gets shoved in the background with Disneyworld and Seaworld being in Orlando too.