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Gator-aid! Phillies fan is refused entry to Citizens Bank Park after bringing his emotional support ALLIGATOR 'Wally' to stadium to help battle depression
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 28, 2023 | Dolores Chang

Posted on 09/28/2023 8:09:48 AM PDT by Morgana

A Phillies fan has been refused entry to Citizens Bank Park after bringing his emotional support alligator named Wally.

Joie Henney tried to bring in the reptile - which is helping him battle depression and cancer - to the baseball game on Wednesday night.

But the beast was not allowed in to watch the Phillies clinch a nail-biting playoff victory over the Pirates.

'Guide dogs, service animals, or service animals in training are welcome. All other animals are prohibited,' the Phillies' website said.

Alligators do not belong to any of those categories and could only watch the Phillies take on the Pirates from home.

Henney - a longtime reptile rescuer who has worked with alligators for 30 years - received his rescue pet alligator Wally from Florida in 2015.

He runs several social media accounts documenting the life of his beloved gator.

Although Wally was denied access to the game, it was seen giving out hugs to Phillies fans outside the stadium. Wally sparked a frenzy on social media.

'@Phillies give this guy a pass, this is the most Philly thing I've ever seen,' one wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'Not Wally!! Come on Phillies,' another wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Sports
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“Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom; wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them.” ― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

With that said if they ever do bring back the T Rex, that will be my "emotional support animal".

1 posted on 09/28/2023 8:09:48 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Make all of these animal owners show proof of insurance before entry.


2 posted on 09/28/2023 8:13:14 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: Morgana

These people are annoying..................


3 posted on 09/28/2023 8:19:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Morgana

What could possibly go wrong?

4 posted on 09/28/2023 8:22:44 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Morgana

Philadelphia Fightin’ Fascists! Alligators are service animals too, and for some alligators are people too. /s


5 posted on 09/28/2023 8:30:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Vacate the chair. Shutter the government until it can be correctly defunded.)
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To: Morgana

The Phillies curse begins


6 posted on 09/28/2023 8:30:41 AM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism .)
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To: Morgana
Wally Gator is a swinging alligator in the swamp.
See ya later, Wally Gator!


7 posted on 09/28/2023 8:35:27 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXWNoFkFTDU


8 posted on 09/28/2023 8:39:13 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Morgana

This “emotional support” animal stuff is stupid. Every pet is an “emotional support” animal, that’s an essential part of the purpose of a pet. It doesn’t earn them any special privileges.


9 posted on 09/28/2023 8:39:15 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Morgana

Effed around and found out.


10 posted on 09/28/2023 8:45:35 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: Morgana

Sounds like the Brotherly Lovers have been drinking some of that Lejeune style water.


11 posted on 09/28/2023 8:49:14 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (And the invasion of America continues while the RAT Party worries about the Ukraine.)
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To: Morgana
He might be smarter than the average gator.


12 posted on 09/28/2023 8:52:15 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Morgana

I understand the need for guide dogs and service animals, but how does someone arrive at the conclusion that an alligator is the best possible “emotional support” animal for themselves?


13 posted on 09/28/2023 8:54:15 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Red Badger

Leave your damned support animal at home if you’re so fragile you have to take an alligator to a ballpark


14 posted on 09/28/2023 10:33:27 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Morgana
They'll let him in here...


15 posted on 09/28/2023 10:37:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Morgana

When he was a student at Harvard, future newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst lived like an Arab potentate. He had an entire suite of rooms in the dormitory, and a valet.

He also had a pet alligator, which he would take to class with him, walking it on a leash. The gator’s name was “Champagne Charlie” because that was all he would drink.


16 posted on 09/28/2023 1:45:25 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Morgana
Although Wally was denied access to the game, it was seen giving out hugs to Phillies fans outside the stadium.


17 posted on 09/28/2023 3:25:10 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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