Richmond Hill warns residents of possible alligator sighting

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Meeshika Sharma
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The Town of Richmond Hill, a town located just north of Toronto alerted residents of a “possible sighting of an alligator/crocodile” in one of the neighbourhood ponds.

The town  sent the cautionary letters to anyone living near the Mill Pond, situated on Mill Street, between Bathurst and Yonge, on Wednesday. The quaint pond and adjacent park are popular destinations for families living in the residential neighbourhood.

Meeha Gandhi, director of communications for the Town of Richmond Hill said that someone had sent the town some images of “something that may have potentially been a crocodile or an alligator." She said they decided to inform residents of the potential threat and conduct a search because public safety is “a number one concern” for the municipality.

Gandhi said they performed searches by canoe, had someone do a perimeter search in the water, looked for evidence, such as claw prints in the surrounding area, and found nothing that would indicate a reptile had been there.

Residents were sent a second letter updating them with the results of the investigation

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