{"id":242702,"date":"2025-09-21T00:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T00:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242702\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T00:49:10","slug":"authorities-warn-of-alligators-found-in-orangeburgs-edisto-garden-pond-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242702\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities warn of alligators found in Orangeburg\u2019s Edisto Garden Pond area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JAOM6J2I6BDSNCOL6LMGLLRZHA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" \/>Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg(RCSD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety is warning people about two juvenile alligators that have been found in the Edisto Gardens Pond area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety, the two small gators have not been aggressive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has been notified about the situation. Officials from the DPS are urging people to use caution in the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with WIS. For more free content like this, subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email newsletter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/page\/apps\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download our apps<\/a>. Have feedback that can help us improve? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2025\/09\/20\/authorities-warn-alligators-found-orangeburgs-edisto-garden-pond-area\/mailto:wis-webproducers@gray.tv?subject=[please%20include%20the%20article%27s%20headline%20here]\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH US LIVE<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Watch WIS live during newscasts and Soda City Living in the livestream player below. When WIS is not on the air, the player will feature Gray Media\u2019s Local News Live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WIS. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities warn of alligators found in small pond in Orangeburg(RCSD) ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; The Orangeburg Department of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":242703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[56544,40561,86571,129419,8152,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-242702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-alligators","9":"tag-midlands","10":"tag-orangeburg","11":"tag-orangeburg-county","12":"tag-safety","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115239542334292332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}