(l-r) ACES’s Team Behaviorist Vince Rose, UCLA, PhD research
student Marisa Tellez and Holy Cross manager Vernon Wilson. Holy
Cross Croc Saved Submitted by Marine Biologist Cherie Chenot-
Rose, ACES/American Crocodile Education Sanctuary North of the
cut on Ambergris Island, a five foot American Crocodile decided
to take up residence in a shallow canal on the property of the
managers of Holy Cross Anglican School, Francis and Vernon
Wilson. Worried that the bold reptile would make a beloved pet
its prey, the Wilson’s decided it needed to be removed. With the
word out that a nuisance crocodile needed to be relocated, a few
locals stopped by and offered to ‘off’ the cute little bugger
for a price. Not wishing to harm the juvenile croc, the Wilson’s
were put in contact with ACES / American Crocodile Education
Sanctuary in Punta Gorda by wildlife advocate, Colette Kase.
Being ACES is a non‐profit organization with limited funding,
the Wilson’s graciously put the ACES’s Team up for the night,
and the Holy Cross Ang