Brevital Sodium: An Effective Anesthetic Agent for Performing Surgery on Small Reptiles

Abstract

Never before in modern-day Florida has the alligator been so free from human persecution by hunting, and never have so many large alligators lived in such close contact with humans. Although only a handful of attacks (most of them minor) occur each year in Florida, the potential for serious accidents is growing as greater numbers of alligators grow larger. The problem is accentuated even more as these large alligators are exposed even more frequently to tolerant humans as the human population also grows. Perhaps the widespread notion that the alligator is naturally afraid of man also needs closer scrutiny. Experience in Florida has demonstrated that the alligator can quickly lose whatever natural fear it has of man and may become a dangerous animal. There is no reason to believe that humans would not be a suitable