Bruce Bennett / Getty Images In New York State, police seize a three-meter alligator locked in a house for 30 years (Illustrative photo of an alligator)
ANIMALS – His name is Albert, he is 30 years old and lives in a house in New York State. Problem: Albert is an alligator of 340 kg. Police found the 3.4 meter long reptile in a home in Hamburg, south of the city of Buffalo.
According to Sky News, which cites the State Department of Environmental Conservation, agents dispatched to the scene found a swimming pool in the house in which the animal could swim. He had lived in this accommodation since “ the 90’s ».
Its owner, devastated, says he is determined to get it back. Until 2021, he held a permit to keep l’alligatorbut this later expired, making the detention illegal.
« Endangering the public »
Tony Cavallaro told authorities he allowed visitors, even children, to swim in the pool with Albert. He is also not in great shape: blind, he also suffers from spinal complications according to Sky News.
The State Department of Environmental Conservation announced in a press release that it had decided to act on Wednesday March 13 by carrying out “the extent to which the owner seriously endangered the public”.
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TONIGHT: The push to get Albert the Alligator back to his owner. Tony had his gator for 34 years before he was seized by the DEC on Wednesday for an expired permit.@WKBW pic.twitter.com/q7kwvcyAdD
— Michael Schwartz (@MSchwartzTV) March 15, 2024
A version contested by Tony Cavallaro who assures that he always treated Albert like his child and never put anyone in danger. While waiting to find a place where he can receive “ permanent care “, the alligator was placed in the hands of a specially approved guardian, according to the press release.
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