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.
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.