MOSCA, Colorado — The owners of the Colorado Gators Reptile Park in Mosca confirmed an early Tuesday morning fire gutted one of their buildings housing snakes, lizards, tortoises, parrots, and cats.
"All of the other alligators and crocodiles outside that building are fine, everything in the fish building the turtles and fish and sharks are fine," according to the owners. "We have hundreds of animals that are healthy that we still need to take care of. Prayers are appreciated. We will get through this. Can't change it we just have to deal with it and go on," the owners wrote on Facebook.The Colorado Gators Reptile Park is a one-of-a-kind place in Colorado that's home to hundreds of alligators, and other types of reptiles.
"Because of the geothermal water constantly flowing through the whole operation, the alligators are actually warmer here in the winter-time than they are in Florida," said General Manager Jay Young.