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Injured pet alligators make 800-mile trip to McFarland vet

Thursday?s 37-degree high was only half the temperature American alligators generally require. So John Boyko?s reptile friends arrived in Madison prepared. Boyko got donations from Petco Foundation to fly the alligators to see McFarland veterinarian Dr. Michael Wenninger. Wenninger, a 2004 graduate of the UW-Madison veterinary school, now practices at Spartan Animal Hospital in McFarland and has surgical expertise in reptiles.