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8-Foot Alligator Rescued—in Philadelphia

Incredibly, this is the third alligator rescued this spring.

An alligator

Reuters

This wouldn’t make any headlines in Florida, but animal-control officials in Philadelphia just announced that they rescued an 8-foot alligator that was living in someone’s backyard. The reptile was brought to the city in 2012 as a baby and grew up in an enclosure, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The couple who owned it split up, and the woman called the Animal Care & Control Team to see if they could take it. The plan was to ship the gator to Michigan, but it’s too big to fly, so the hunt it on for a closer refuge. Incredibly, this is the third alligator rescued in Philly this spring.

Read it at The Philadelphia Inquirer

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