Up to press time Thursday it was still a mystery how the sewage ponds, operated by National Water Commission (NWC), became dry as there was no word from the State entity after a spokesman said a statement was being prepared on the matter. On Thursday, Hope Zoo General Curator Joey Brown described the discovery as horrifying. Brown told the Jamaica Observer that the authorities were first alerted about the crocodiles by a resident on Tuesday.

“A local resident had been just passing by, and I think just saw two crocs — one of them was alive, one was dead — so he called NEPA (National Environment and Planning Agency), and then we organised to get down there. Once we got there, we found a horror scene of several other dead crocodiles,” Brown said. (Jamaica Observer)