Video: Thousands of alligators moved to new home in China Workers at an alligator conservation park in Anhui, China had the task of moving 8,000 Chinese alligators to warmer quarters last week. Conservationists were concerned the endangered alligators would not survive the cold winter in their outdoor pools, so they transferred every single reptile to indoor pools by hand. The Chinese Alligator Conservation Area of Anhui is making plans to build new pools to house the alligators. "The current pools are old and lack facilities," said one member of staff. They are also too small to keep all the alligators.