COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – There is more flooding happening in Golden Gates Estates and now it’s affecting the Kowiachobee Animal Preserve.
Jonathan Slaby runs the preserve and says flooding was only this bad a handful of times, since he’s been on the property. Which has been more than 20 years!
He is worried about the animals, and he is working double time to make sure they stay safe.
The water was more than a foot deep on Wednesday, and each time it rains it gets worse.
The lion, tigers and other animals have to walk around in the dirty rain water.
If the water gets four inches deeper they will have to move the animals to smaller spaces..
“The problem is, they have never dredged all the ditches out here so the water has no place to go,” said Slaby.
The water doesn’t end here. It’s impacting much of Golden Gate Estates, creating a health risk.
No one knows exactly what bacteria, or animal is lurking in that water.
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