Authorities suspect an arsonist is to blame for a fire that left seven alligators and a crocodile “boiled to death” last week in this small Garvin County town.

Joe Schreibvogel, founder and spokesman of the Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park, told The Oklahoman on Tuesday he suspects his longtime enemies – rogue animal rights activists – are behind the fire, which allegedly was set in the early morning hours of March 26.

No individuals or groups have been arrested or charged in the case.

The fire destroyed a video production studio and two reptile enclosures. One crocodile, a female who Schreibvogel claims is “between 35 and 40 years old,” survived the blaze by escaping her enclosure when its doors blew off.