{"id":463288,"date":"2025-12-22T00:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463288\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:49:11","slug":"cops-discover-pair-of-crocodiles-during-routine-bust-in-yonkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463288\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops discover pair of crocodiles during routine bust in Yonkers"},"content":{"rendered":"

These two crocs were lost in Yonkers.<\/p>\n

Police making an unrelated bust in the Westchester County city stumbled on a wild situation \u2014 a pair of reptiles crawling around a local home, according to Patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The young critters \u2014 a Morelet\u2019s crocodile from Central America and a smooth-front caiman native to the Amazon rainforest \u2014 were discovered Dec. 10, the outlet said.<\/p>\n

Crocodile expert Mark Perpetua holds a caiman that was one of the two young reptiles found in a Yonkers home. Mark Perpetua’s Reptile Encounters\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Renowned reptile pro Mark Perpetua posted on Facebook<\/a> that the animals were way out of their element.<\/p>\n

He said the Morelet \u2014 which can grow up to 9 feet long \u2014 is typically found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis little one will grow to about 5 feet long,\u201d he added of the caiman. \u201cThey are native to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in South America. All 27 species of crocodilians require a special license to keep in NY. I will be picking these two up next Tuesday after I return from CrocFest.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post last week<\/a>, Perpetua said the two reptiles were now safe and sound.<\/p>\n

The reptiles were discovered by cops making an unrelated arrest at the residence. Mark Perpetua’s Reptile Encounters\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Perpetua said the two young reptiles are now safe and doing well despite some minor issues. Mark Perpetua’s Reptile Encounters\/Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two little crocodilians confiscated in Yonkers came today,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey both look healthy although the croc has a few marks and is missing half its tail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yonkers police did not respond to a Post request for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These two crocs were lost in Yonkers. Police making an unrelated bust in the Westchester County city stumbled…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":463289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18163,112540,20528,5248,7207,159,67,132,68,1154,837,128694],"class_list":{"0":"post-463288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-rescue","9":"tag-crocodiles","10":"tag-department-of-environmental-protection","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-police","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news","18":"tag-wildlife","19":"tag-yonkers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115760474585666667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463288","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=463288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}