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Naples Zoo Director David Tetzlaff resigns, headed to Central Florida Zoo

PHOTO: NEW ALLIGATORS AT CARIB ... 03/21/2002 Naples Daily News Section: A Section Edition: Final Published: 03/21/2002 Page: A01 Keywords: alligators Photo: New alligators at Caribbean Gardens Zoo David Tetzlaff, right, Caribbean Gardens Zoo director, jumps back as an alligator unexpectedly snaps at him as he and the zoo staff were releasing it into its new environment Wednesday. 'When they grab, they don't let go. It's an extremely powerful animal,' Tetzlaff said. Five new female alligators from 61U2 to 7 feet long arrived from St. Augustine Alligator Farm and joined seven alligators already residing in Alligator Bay at Caribbean Gardens Zoo in Naples. Sylwia Kapuscinski/Staff

PHOTO: NEW ALLIGATORS AT CARIB ... 03/21/2002 Naples Daily News Section: A Section Edition: Final Published: 03/21/2002 Page: A01 Keywords: alligators Photo: New alligators at Caribbean Gardens Zoo David Tetzlaff, right, Caribbean Gardens Zoo director, jumps back as an alligator unexpectedly snaps at him as he and the zoo staff were releasing it into its new environment Wednesday. "When they grab, they don't let go. It's an extremely powerful animal," Tetzlaff said. Five new female alligators from 61U2 to 7 feet long arrived from St. Augustine Alligator Farm and joined seven alligators already residing in Alligator Bay at Caribbean Gardens Zoo in Naples. Sylwia Kapuscinski/Staff

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  • Zoo director David Tetzlaff, left, returns Kaa, a reticulated python, to a holding cage after the Naples Zoo's Serpents: Fangs & Fiction show on Wednesday, July, 8, 2009. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) presented a bill Wednesday that would classify pythons as an injurious animal and stop the importation of the snakes between states. David Albers/Staff
  • Master of Ceremonies, Zoo Executive Director, David Tetzlaff congratulates the Zoo's sponsors and patrons for all their support over the years during ZOObillee 2011 Gala For The Giraffe, Tuesday, February 22.
  • Zoo director David Tetzlaff, left, returns Kaa, a reticulated python, to a holding cage after the Naples Zoo's Serpents: Fangs & Fiction show on Wednesday, July, 8, 2009. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) presented a bill Wednesday that would classify pythons as an injurious animal and stop the importation of the snakes between states. David Albers/Staff
  • David Tetzlaff, right, executive director of the Naples Zoo, talks to member of the press and supporters during a press conference about the new Black Bear Hammock exhibit that will begin construction next week and be finished tentatively in May 2009. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
  • David Tetzlaff, left, director of the Naples Zoo, points out the areas on a map of the zoo to Thomas Franchino, second from right, a member of Collier County's Historical Preservation Board, and Ray Bellows, center, Collier County manager of planning services, during a tour of the property Wednesday morning. Members of the preservation board held their monthly meeting at the zoo in order to get a close-up look at about 13 acres of the Nehrling gardens to decide whether to designate it as a historical site. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Zoo director David Tetzlaff retrieves Kaa, a reticulated python, from a holding cage during the Naples Zoo's Serpents: Fangs & Fiction show on Wednesday, July, 8, 2009. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) presented a bill Wednesday that would classify pythons as an injurious animal and stop the importation of the snakes between states. David Albers/Staff
  • Zoo director David Tetzlaff conducts the Naples Zoo's Serpents: Fangs & Fiction show on Wednesday, July, 8, 2009. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) presented a bill Wednesday that would classify pythons as an injurious animal and stop the importation of the snakes between states. David Albers/Staff
  • PHOTO: NEW ALLIGATORS AT CARIB ... 03/21/2002 Naples Daily News Section: A Section Edition: Final Published: 03/21/2002 Page: A01 Keywords: alligators Photo: New alligators at Caribbean Gardens Zoo David Tetzlaff, right, Caribbean Gardens Zoo director, jumps back as an alligator unexpectedly snaps at him as he and the zoo staff were releasing it into its new environment Wednesday. 'When they grab, they don't let go. It's an extremely powerful animal,' Tetzlaff said. Five new female alligators from 61U2 to 7 feet long arrived from St. Augustine Alligator Farm and joined seven alligators already residing in Alligator Bay at Caribbean Gardens Zoo in Naples. Sylwia Kapuscinski/Staff

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