The alligator that was found in the river near Pedro Brand in the Province of Santo Domingo was delivered safely to the hands of the Ministry of Environment and taken to the National Zoo. The authorities did not have an easy time getting the amphibian from its captors. Ivelisse Figueroa, the director of the unit that supervises and inspects environmental issues, said that the people were very aggressive. She had to tell them that where they were keeping the alligator was not its natural habitat and that it was very dangerous for the children. The people wanted money, according to the report in the El Caribe. A team of three specialists from the wildlife and biodiversity department of the ministry went to the barrio El Carton in Pedro Brand to rescue the “caiman.” The technicians who performed the rescue also searched the area around the upper middle class residential area known as Lomas Lindas, but did not find any more alligators. A young girl told them, however, that she had seen two of the creatures previously, but that they were no longer there.