Cancún, Quintana Roo — The Benito Juárez Fire Department has responded to 59 wildlife reports during the rainy season, 27 of them involving snakes, director Óscar Aguilar Aceves said.
Snakes account for the largest share of calls from residents, followed by crocodiles, Aguilar Aceves said. The animals typically turn up in residential areas that sit close to their natural habitats.
The director named Bonfil, the road out toward Mérida and Cielo Nuevo as the neighborhoods with the most sightings, where proximity to undeveloped land makes encounters between residents and reptiles more likely.
Not every sighting is an emergency
Aguilar Aceves stressed that an animal’s presence does not automatically mean danger, particularly when it stays in its own habitat. Specimens that need to be captured are turned over to environmental authorities for handling.
He asked residents not to try to catch or kill the animals, and to report sightings to 911 so that trained personnel can assess the situation and step in when necessary.
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