Environmental Conservation officers seize an alligator from a home in Hamburg, New York, on
March 13. (New York Department of Environmental Conservation via CNN Newsource)
Posted on 03/18/2024 3:48:15 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Authorities removed a 750-pound alligator from a residence in upstate New York last week, officials announced Friday.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wrote in a Facebook post that its officers seized a 750-pound alligator from an individual’s residence in Hamburg, New York on March 13. The department noted that the individual had a license for the alligator but that it had expired in 2021.
The department said the individual “built an addition to his house and installed an in-ground swimming pool for his roughly 30-year-old alligator, and allegedly allowed members of the public to get into the water to pet the unsecured alligator.” The department added that the alligator has “numerous health issues,” including blindness in two eyes and complications with its spine.
“Authorities turned the alligator over to a licensed caretaker who will house and care for the animal until it can be properly transported for permanent care. Analysis of additional evidence seized during the warrant and consultation with a licensed veterinarian will determine any future potential charges,” the department wrote in the post.......
“I’ve had him 34 years and abided by all of them and renewed my permit annually as required. I tried renewing it when they changed their rules and had questions to ask. They ignored my emails and phone calls to make sure I did everything right even though I should be grandfathered in. I will have a court date when they provide it,” he said, according to the petition.
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Excessive government strikes again.
Heads they win, tails you lose.
If alligators 🐊 are outlawed……..
I assume you know nussing, nussing about this...
Out of how many eyes?
Only TWO of its eyes? What about the rest of them?
Or could someone learn to write and say *both its eyes*?
It’s a mamma gator, it has eyes in the back of its head...
I wonder what triggered all that violence? He seems so gentle. I see what it is. Nobody has ever just sat down and honestly talked to that (gator).
-—Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy
I didn’t think of that.
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There’s a lot more to the story that is being published, and that alligator had been abused. It had a number of health problems because it had not been outside in the sunlight. The guy hadn’t clean the alligator pool in seven years and a lot of other things.
The blindness was due to vitamin deficiencies, that the alligator or suffering from along with the number of other alarming health issues
Poor gator. I hope it survives that abuse and thrives in a river somewhere. I saw a lot of them on many trips driving across the Everglades from Naples to go shopping in Miami. We had one in our pool one time, called Animal Control who fished it out of the pool and drove it back to the Glades.
Gators are everywhere where I live. They really do need sunlight to stay healthy.
prolly found it in the subway when it was young.
Bring that lil guy to Texas and let him go in the Rio Grande!
Neither I nor my coffee are involved.
Give up or guess?
Highlight below for the answer:
An investagator.
Above here!
Do your worst, still not my fault!
*Maniacal laughter*
Environmental Conservation officers seize an alligator from a home in Hamburg, New York, on
March 13. (New York Department of Environmental Conservation via CNN Newsource)
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